Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-01-03
CHINA TOPAY DEARLY
JOINT NOTE OF THE ALLIED
POWERS SUBMITTED.


Severe Terms of Reparation Imposed
on the EN- Amount
ing to Two Hundred Millions De-
manied In Behalf of Boxers, Victims.
The joint note to China was signed in
Pekin by the foreign ministers at II
o'clock Saturday morning. Two hundred
million dollars is the maximum sum de-
manded by the powers for the Boxer out
RACES, yet the claims to be made by ma
tiyes and individuals are fikely to be
many times that amount.
The joint note was apparently drawn
up with two purposes in view. The chief
purpose, Of course, has been to secure
substantial measures Of reform looking
to indemnities, punishments and the pre-
vention Of further uprsings. Incident
ally some Of the provisions have been de-
signed, evidently, for the express purpose
Of impressing the Asiatic mind with a
sense Of the danger Of meddling with oc-
cidental peoples and their properties.
Presumably the proposed reforms of this
class, fantastic as they may seem, have
been adopted with full understanding
Of the Chinese character. The compul-
sorry erection Of monuments and the dis
patch Of embassies bearing apologies no
doubt mean something to a Chinaman,
however trivial these measures may seem
to foreigners.
AS to the more practical measures men
toned in the note several are obviously
just and essential. It is eminently pro-
per that China should be compelled to
pay indemnities, punish leading offend
ers and permit the fertilization Of for
eign legations. OF even more impor-
lance are the various administrative re-
forms by which the Chinese government
will be made to suspend its system Of
offcialism in certain provinces, abolish
the anti-foreign societies and punish all
officials who countenance anti-foreign dis
turbances.
The indemnity to be paid to tie gov
eminent is in the nature Of the expendi-
lures incurred in dispatching and main
tanning troops in China, and may be
made to include sums paid to the heirs Of
those killed in action or to those who re-
ceived wounds during engagements Incl
dent to the capture Of Pekin. The total
losses Of the allied forces defending the
legations were killed and 21O wound
ed, and many Chinese in the employ Of
missionaries and tie legations lost their
lives.
An idea Of the Indemnity to be demand
ed for the expenses of the several mill
tary expeditions may be obtained from
this table showing the strength of the al
lies:
Men.
Russia, brought from Siberia. !. :. 500
Japan transported from JAPAN. .22,5
Germany (mostly brought from
Germany "A guns and. ....... 600
Great Britain, brought from Hong
kong and India. ............ S,746
United States, dispatched from the
Philippines and the United States 5,61S
France, sent to the north from
Cochin China ................ o,olo
Italy, transported from Italy. .... 1000
Austria, landed from it's warships. 294
The societies named in the agreement
are the religious bodies which maintained
in China, many Of whom
were killed. They will want not only
heavy sums to indemnify the heirs Of
those killed. but to solace tAose who were
insufted, and also to cover damage done
in the destruction Of mission property.
Many merchants suffered losses in conse-
quence Of the outrages. The American
legation in Pekin was owned by Col.
Charles DENLY, Mr.. Conger's predecessor,
and the other legations were owned by
foreigners or foreign governments.
Administration officials believe the
amount demanded should not be more
than $2OO,OOO,0OO, and that in case Of
inability properly to distribute the indem-
nifty the matter should be brought to the
attention of The Hague court Of arbi-
tration. In case, however, it should de-
velop that it is impossible to agree on a
reasonable sum, then this government
will urge the immediate reference Of the
whole indemnity question to a court Of
five jurists, to be selected from those
members of The Hague tribunal nominal
ed by countries whose interests were not
largely affected by the Chinese trouble.
There are sixteen nations signatory to
The Hague treaty, ten only Of whom
were involved in the Chinese trouble. Re
naming ones are Denmark, Sweden and
Norway, the Netherlands, Roumania and
Portugal.
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