Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-03-01
STOP GRABS In CHINA.
UNITED STATES CHECK pARrl.
TIoN OF EMPIRE.
Power. Will Not Pres. c,aims for Ter.
ritory = International Consent Re-
quired for Conccs cs.ion.-Punish mcnts
Demanded Will. lie inflicted.

AT the instance of the United States
government the powers have accepted the
principle that no further individual con-
ccssions of territory in China shall be
sosi.:ht or obtained by any one power
without international assent. This agree
mcnt applies not only to Yien-tsin, where
there has been some rivalry exhibited in
the effort to obtain concessions for for
eigM settlements, but to all other Chinese
points.
According to Washington correspon-
dent. the State Department began this
movement some time ago. 1t is SuriMsed,
though no admission on that point can
be obtained, that the occupation by Rus
sil of the important concession opposite
Tien-tsin, including the railroad ternli-
nus. caused the initiation of this move
meni However, it was realized that it
might he very difficult to deal with sep
nr:,te ease, because thereby national pride
might be aroused. But it was conceived
thai all of the powers might be willing to
subscribe to IL general principle which
promised upon its face to maintain the
rights of all against selfish individual ef-
forts.
The conjecture was well founded. for
after the department had addressed each
of the powers on the subject the answers
received from not only majority, but
nearly all of thenl-and certainly IL sutti-
Gent number to insure the execution OF
the plan--were an acceptance of the
American principle So hereafter, ii any
one nation seeks to secure room for it's
individual settlements or like privileges
i'll ports or elsewhere in China, the appli-
cation must be approved by the other
powers before the Chinese government
will he permitted to assent, even if it
desired to do so.
China Yields All Points.
1t is believed at the State Department
thnt the Chinese acquiescence in the de-
mands of the ministers covers also the
additions to the punishment program
made by the ministers on Feb. 8. These
provide for the degradation and exile of
Chao Chi Chao and Wing Lien and death
for Prince Chwang, the chief of the Box
-ers' society.
Later official information from Minis
ter Conger was received that the Chinese
government had consented to order
Prince Chwang TO commit suicide, to de-
grade and Danish Prince Tuan and Duke
Ian and to inflict some punishment. yet
to be determined, on Chi Tsu and Hsu
Chens Yu.
While Minister Conger does not say
that the action of the Chinese govern
ment is thoroughly satisfactory. it is in
ferreti lilat it is. At any rate, the cause
for the hostile movement against Singan.
Flu has been removed.
A Pekin dispatch says that the Euro
pean and Chinese secretaries of legations
and others who have lived in China fol
years consider that China has gained a
victory, as the only man the court has
to behead is Yu Hsicn. The other two
are in the hands of the Japanese, anG
could be behcadcd when their execution
is wanted. Suicide is no disgrace what
ever in the eyes of the Chinese. No one
believes Gen. Tung Flu Hsiang will eve,
suffer punishment.
People in Pekin say Chinese imperial
edicts are very unstable documents, espe
cially when private cdicts to the execu.
tive officials accompany the public edicts.
A recent decree ordered all the indicated
officials to commit suicide, yet. it is evi
dent. secret edict was sent instructine
the persons implicated not to obey. What
proof. it is asked. is there now that the
terms of the decree will be carried out: