The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1901-01-17
CHINA'S FUTURE.
Affairs in the East as Viewed
by a Christian Chinaman.
to THEN.rIoNAL TRrBrSE.

SHs9NGS dAI, CHA
Just before the beginning of their trou.
| bles the Boxers issuedl proclamation
which was scattered broadcast throughout
the length and breadth of the Empire. Civ
ing the demands of China. after the hu-
initiation Of the foreign Powers. for AT that
time their hopes were raised high by the
| report of Governor Ii Ping Heng. one of
| the Boxer leaders, now dead, of the re-
pcatcd defeat Of foreign troops. \ copy of
| tins Boxers creed waS sent to Shanghai
by missionary living i'll one of the in
terror provinces. and | give herewith Il
synopsis of il, with some remarks.
The Introduction states that at session
of the Grand Council, ut which the En-
press Dowagcr was present. on Aug %.
the following terms of peace were decided
to be offered to the Allied Powers on their
suing for peace:
TERMS OF PEhCE.
China will not recognize any demand
of indemnity for the expenses Of foreign
armies or for the property destroyed, but.
on the contrary, demands an amount Of
400,000.0O0 taels. Foreign ships of war
in Chinese waters will not he permitted to
leave their moorings, which statement is
rather unintelligiblc. As an Offset the for
eign settlements are to be increased to
twice their area.
Another provision is quite incompre-
hensible. The Tsungli Yamen-that is,
the Foreign Ofiicc-iS to be returned to the
Chinese. as if it were in the hands Of the
westerners. May he it means that it is
not to be coerced in its actions by armed
forces. Hang Iu-wei, the famous re-
former, now i'll Singapore, is to be punish
ed on his return To China. ConfiscatiOn Of
the missionary churches is demanded
while the missionaries must return to their
own countries. Japan shall return For
mOsa. Germany Kiaochao, and Russia
Talienwan. China is to have chief control
over Korea and AMMAN, and the Nikado
required to pay tribute according to the
regulations laid down by the Emperor
kien Lung. No longer II foreign Commits
SiOner-General of Customs is wanted. No
IL says that in international dealings the
Ministers of the foreign nations are to OBJ
serve the rules laid down by the Emperor
KEN Lung. which find to be as follows:
1t is needless to detail the annoyance
experienced by the Embassy
Che Dutch EnvoysJ on its overland jour
ney. They were brought to the
Capital as malcfactors, treated when
there like bcggarS, and then sent back 10
Canton like mountcbanks, to perform the
three times three prostration at all times
before everything their conductors saw fit.
They were not allowed n sin
gle opportunity to speak about business"
See Middle Kingdom, vol. III, p. 439. The
Emperor Kicn Lung rcigned 1136-1I9J.
No. ID demands an indemnity of 1000
coo taels TO be paid to the Boxers. Chi
nese prO-forcign, and at the same time dis
Obedient to Chinese officials, shall be pun
ished. When Japs and foreigners meet
Chinese officials, they must go through the
ceremony of knocking the head on the
ground In the interior. of China none but
natives are allowed. All railways includ-
ing the Siberian line. shall be destroyed.
Great Britain is to return the extension re-
emily granted to Hong Kong. Goods cX-
ported and imported shall be charged duty
double of what it is now, while the export
of rice is altogether prohibited. Japanese
and foreign vessels entering Il port must
first obtain permission of the Chinese Cen
eral commanding the garrison of the port,
These terms were, no doubt, drawn up
by Prince Tuan. hoseignorance of affairs
is but too evident. Yet some of the terms
may be said to be quite reasonable, and
were approved by the majority of Chinese:
The seizing of Kiao Chao, TalienYan, and
the extension granted to Hong Kong, were,
no doubt, one of the causes of the anti
foreign feeling. One can also see that mis-
sionaries and their converts are not free
from all blame in this recent trouble, as
some of them are anxious to make out
FATAL FRACAsEs IN SHANGHAI.
What has created quite an excitement
among the natives and foreigners in
Shanghai has been the violence of foreign
sailors and soldiers in the settlements
here 4 soldier, said TO be French, went
10 a Chinese shoe store, and on being re-
monstrated with by the shopkeepcr for
making Il disturbance, made use of his
bayonet. wounding one and killing another
AS it was late at night and the assailant
had many companions with him, likewise
armed, the residents were unable to arrest
him. Up TO the present nothing has been
found OF the assassin. Another day some