The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-02-08
EXECUTE
BOXERS
The Allied Powers Have De-
cided to Inhict Death
Penalty on II Chinese Off
Gals Deemed Guilty of
Boxer Outrages
MORAL EFFECT ON CHINESE
People are the Purposes of
the Edict
Two of the Officers Whose
Names are in the List
are Dead
MORAL EFFECT ON CHINESE
People are the Purposes of
the Edict

Pekin, Feb. 6--The ministers de-
cided definitely at a third meeting
held last night to demand the imposi-
ton of the death penalty upon all
twelve of the Chinese officials named
in the lists submitted, including those
who are dead, on account of the moral
effect upon the Chinese. The sentence
on the living must be inflicted except
in the cases of Tuan and Duke Lam
which the emperor may commute to
Punishment to Turkestan.
AS had been arranged at the meet
ing of the ministers and Chinese
plenipotentiaries yesterday, the en-
tire proceedings were oral, nothing
\ written being presented to the Chinese.
A formal indictment against the
twelve culprits whose punishment was
demanded, however, was read, al
though Yang Ii and Ii Ping Heng are
dead. The twelve are:
Prince Chaung, commander-in-chief
of the boxers, who had "a large share
in the responsibility for the promises
of the rewards for the capture of for
eigners and their death.
Duke Ian, vice president of the po-
lice department, who was accessoryto
the giving of orders for the capture of
foreigner S, and was the first to open
the gates of the city to the boxers.
Wing Men was the criminal accom-
plice of Prince Chaung and Duke Ian
in their Vaccinations.
Kang Ii, one of the instigators and
counselors of the boxers, who always
protected them and was hostile to any
understanding looking to the re-estab-
lishment of peaceful relations with
the foreigners, who was sent at the
commencement of June to meet the
boxers to keep them from entering the
city, but who, on the contrary, en-
couraged them to follow the work of
destruction. Chaos Gu Kiam, men,
Der of the grand council and also min
lister of justice, who was one of the
leaders against the foreigners and
mainly responsible for the death of
the officials killed during the seige for
trying to stop the attack against the
legislations. Yu Hsin, who recogni-
zed the boxers, was the author of the
massacres in the Shansi province and
assassnated with his own hand for
eigners and mission aries, who was
noted for cruelty, which stained with
blood of the whole country over which
he was governor.
General Tung Fuh Slang, who, with
Prince Tuan, carried out i'm Pellin the
plans against the foreigners, and who
commanded the attacks on the legis-
lation and and the soldiers who assas-
sinated the japanese councillor. Lii
Ping Heng, who used his influence to
have the boxers recognized as loyal
and patriotic men, who led the gov
eminent to use them with the object of
determination of foreigners. Hsu-
Tung, who has always been one of the
officials hostile to foreigners, who
praised the boxers, of whom he was
an accomplice, who used all his in
huence with high persons in the en-
pire, being tutor to the heir apparent.
Hsu Cheng Yu, who has the same re-
sponsibility. Kin Su, one of the Off
Gals most hostile to foreigners and
the minister at the rites of service of
the boxers.
The minister announced that these
persons all deserved death. when
this question is settled the foreign
plenipotentiaries will have to indicate
who, to their knowledge, committed
crimes in the provinces, punishment
for which will have to be in ficted.