The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-02

IN CHINA
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portant parsonage at the DUAL d'Orsay
it was pointed out to me that, with the
exception of Russia and Italy, all the
powers agreed upon the necessity OF
indemnity, whatever the sum demand
ed, being negotiated in block. AS my
informer emphatically stated, separate
demands for indemnity must lead Iogi-
cally to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the en-
pire.
RUSSIA ACCEPTS NOTIFICATIONS
LONDON, March ga dispatch
from Peking ayers that the Russian
! government has consented to q number
of notifications in the Manchurian
convention, the principal being: kiu-
chow and Port Arthur shall not be an
nexed, but shall be leased from the
/ Chinese government, as heretofore;
Russia will not insist upon there being
I a Russian resident at Moukden; the
/ Chinese army will be permitted to
maintain order in Manchuria prior to
the completion of the Manch1rian rail
/ way, which, while in course of con-
Struction, VIII not necessarily require
| the protection of Russian troops Rus
STA will forego her demand that mining
and railway concessions in Mongolia,
Turkestan and Kashgaria shall be
granted TO none but Russian subjects.
| Russia stipulates. however. that none
! but Chinese and Russians shall be al
] lowed to undertake such enterprises.
| In consequence of these concessions
the Russian government asks for the
early signature of the convention
THE INDEMNITY QUESTION.
BERLIN, March 25.-A dispatch from
| Picking to the Cologne Gazette, dated
Sunday, March "a, says that at the
first formal meeting OF the committee
on indemnity, held in Picking Sunday
it was decided to invite Sir Robert
Hart, director of the Chinese Imperial
Maritime Customs; Mgr. Faviere, vicar
apostolic at Picking, and other experts
! financial and otherwise to submit pro
posals on the best methods for raising
the amount of the indemnity to be
demanded from China.
LEGATION GUARDS.
PEKINGs March 24-The Foreign
Ministers seem utterly unable to agree
as to the best method OF policing the
Legation quarter. The proposition most.
favored by the majority, and most
complained of by the minority, is one
providing that men of the regular
armies shall be detailed for the service
under one officer connected with the
allies. United States Special Commits
sloner Rockhiu is one who objects to
this plan, as IS also the British Min
lister, Sir Ernest Satow, who says that
though an international force is desira-
bic, it would be better that the police
detail should be composed of soldiers
who are not liable to be called away
when they are most useful. 1t is also
undeSirab BILE, he thinks, that the com
mandant should be an officer actively
connected with any army, while the in
tention to make each legation an arm
ed camp is great mistake, and Is
liable to cause friction; and it would
be better far to make a general inter
national district.
The home ministers are seriously
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the government to reconsider the de-
cision in favor of big legation guards
as being liable, not only to keep the
court from returning to Picking. but
also as continual source of danger
in the dealings with the Chinese, as
1t would be impossible to keep the
guards entirely within the legation
quarter, which condition Prince Ching
and LII Hung Chang insist upon, saying
that otherwise it would be impossible
to guarantee order, especially when
the Chinese troops have returned to
Peklng. One drunken soldier outside
the foreign settlement, they say. might
cause another war.
The time which the Russians have
given the Chinese to sign the Man
churian agreement expires on Tuesday,
and should the agreement be not sign
ed, then Russia will break off the ne
gotiations: The agreement practically
annexes Manchuria.
Prince Ching and Lii Hung Chang
consulted this morning, but did not
decide to sign the convention or appeal
to the powers.
On behalf of China Ii Hung Chang
desires to express gratitude to America
for her position i'm the matter
The attitude of NJ. de Giers. the Rus
sian Minister, at the. meeting of the
foreign representative is embarrass-
ing. and causes considerable annoy
q mr. III frye-r. 1st H.
the other Ministers. or holds apart en-
tirely.
A committee will consider the cues
ton of China's ability as regards in |
demnity, and the most practical meth
DDS for guaranteeing payment. of in |
demnity to the powers.
THE COMMONS INQUIRE.
LONDON, March 25.-Replying to Sir |
Ellis Ashmeade- Bartlett, Conservative, |
who asked in the House. of Commons |
today whether Russia had presented |
China with a modified agreement re-
garding Manchuria, and whether Rus
STA had withdrawn from the so-called |
concert of Europe, the Under Secre- |
tary, Lord Cranborne said the govern |
ment understood that the terms of the
proposed agreement We're still under
discussion, but he was unable to make
any positive statement on the subject
The Russian government, he added, |
Tau iilIOi ilSu the government OF Great
Britain that Russia has no intention
Of withdrawing cooperation with the
other powers in China
BLOODSHED IN STREETS.
TIEN-TSIN. March 25.-In an ARRAY |,
ast evening two members of the
Welsh Fusileer Regiment and a mem
per of the Victorian contingent, who i
we're acting as policemen, were sabred
and bayonetted. 1t is alleged that
We're the principal culprits.
CHINA APPEALS TO POWERS.
LONDON. March 25-The Chinese
Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh, call
I'd at the Foreign Office today and urg-
I'd the government to bring pressure
% bear in order to prevent Russia
rom securing the necessary signatures
u the Manchurian agreement. The
',oreign Office is still in the dark to- =,
nght as to whether the agreement
VII be signed or allowed to lapse when
ne time expires, March 26th. The Off
,lS OF the Japanese Legation are in
.hhed to believe Russia will succeed
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