Morris tribune., 1901-10-19
OF CHINA
Oriental Empire Yielded Much
to Western Powers.
COMMERCE is FREE 70 ALL

State Department at washfngtOn
Receives the Text of the PROTOCOL
Obtained by Peace Plenipotentl-
aries at Peking-sOme Provisions
Not Hitherto Made Public.
i Important concessions, some of which
have not as yet been made fully known,
says the Washington correspondent OF
the New York Herald, were obtained
from China by the peace plenipoten-
tiaries in Picking and inserted in the
protocol signed last month.
The American copy Of the conven-
ton has been received by the state de-
partment and will be laid before the
senate for action when congress meets
in December.
| The protocol consists of twelve arti-
cles, the first and third relating to the
missions of Prince Chun and NJ Eung,
| vice president Of the board Of revenue,
| to proceed to Germany and Japan to
express the. imperial apology for the
murders during the Boxer outbreak Of
the German minister and the chan
cellor of the Japanese legation.
The Second article requires the pun
ishment of the chief instfgators of the
outbreak. A monument is now being
erected to the memory of Baron Won
Ketteler. the German minister, and
tablets are being placed by the Chi
nese government at the cemeteries Of
the various Municipalities containing
words repudiating all libe1s and con-
temptuous epithets that have been
hitherto current against foreigners
among the masses.
The fourth article requires the is
suance Of an imperial edict forbfddfng
for the period Of two years the impor-
tation as well as the manufacture in
China Of all arms and munitions OF
war.
China cedes by article an area Of
land, in Picking Tor the independent
use Of the legations Of the various pow
ers and permits steps to be taken for
it's defense and the retention OF guards.
She also agrees to the yazing OF the
Taku and ell forts, giving free prog.
ress from Peking L" the .seacoast, and
grants liberty Of action TO the various
powers to retain troops at certain
points to protect free progress between
the capital and the sea.
BY article [ China consents to free
commerce and navigation in the coun-
try, a. most important concession to the
United States, Great Britain and other
commercial nations.
Article 10 relates to the establish
ment of the new foreign board 1t pre-
scribes that in future all official CORE
spondence between the foreign minis
tiers and the Chinese government shall
be in French and describs the ceremo-
mics to- be observed when the foreign
ministers are received in audience by
the throne.
The settlement Of the indemnity
question arrived at is set forth in arti-
Gle 6. This article. reads:
son May %, 1901, an imperial edict
was issued conserving to the payment
of an indemnity to the various powers
to the total sum of haikwan taels $780,
O00000. The interest on this sum will
be at per cent, payments to be divfd-
ed into thirty-nine annual inStalEments.
The principal and interest on each in
stallment is to be in gold, calculated on
the exchange of the time and at the Pc
RODS agreed upon. The first INSTALL
ment is to be GU Jan. 1, 1902, the inter-
est to comme1ce on July 1, 1901 The
Chinese government may calculate the
first six months interest down to the
end of December, 1901, and then begin
from Jan. l, 1902, but this interest
must be paid within three years and
also calculated on basis of per cent
per annum.
"China shall draw up guarantee pa
pers which when paid up shall be de-
posted in the hands Of said directors Of
banks. The following are the terms Of
the said guarantee papers:
"First.-After deducting such OF the
customs revenues as had been agreed
upon before in guarantee for the pay
ment of previous loans the balance is to
go toward payment Of the indemnity.
together with the revenues arising
from the increasing duties Of per cent
ad valorem on imports and also the adj
ditional revenues derived from the tax
alton of imports hitherto duty free, cal
culated at per cent ad valorem, with
the exception of rice. cereals. -four. gold
and silver money.
"Second.-All import revenues col
ected by the usual native customs az
the various treaty ports must be turn
I'd over to the management of the mari
time customs"
MORGAN as Letter Writer.