The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-01-04
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Of MONEY
China'S Price of Peace
Stated.
FRENCH SMELL POWDER
Conditions at Picking Show up Well
For the American and Japan
ese Administrators.

NEW YORK, Dec, GA dispatch to
the Tribune from London says, the
china question has virtually reached
the money point The amount OF the
Indemnity To be paid win probably re-
uuirn many weeks OF diplomatic con
pultation Sir Robert Hart knows bet
ter than anybody else what can he
paid by the Chinese Government with
out the complete surrender OF her tax
Ing and revenue resources To Europe,
but hRnltcra In all the capitals VIII pre-
fer To have n great loan undertaken
by the powers themselves and tnl
financial control established by an In
tcrrotlonNl commission for the pay
mcnta of interest and sinking fund
service,
FRENCH MEET CHINESE
pEKiNG, Dec, e5,--The French re-
port cncountoring $4,000 Chinese and
unpturug nvo nngs and a number ~
gums and lnillotlng u groat loss upon
the Chinese thlrty-tlvo miles south OF
hero, The report ~ generally disered-
tied, According to tho rumor, the
Froneh ala not surfor any losses thom-
solves IT IN believed, however, that
the French probably met rowing
band which was dispersed number
of the Chnoao being butchorod, IL
Hung Chang RnyR that he IN satisfied
that the ntory IN false
Roy, Mr. Kelly, n rrcshVt"rlnn mis-
sIonnry has reported to Minister Con
pr,, of the hurnINg hy NnNcr" of nine
teen Catholic Christians, llo says,
however TINT hts information has been
derived entirely from Chinese aourcoH,
Thc Japanese who have jurisdiction
over tNo territory thirty miles north,
In which II IN alleged the outrage oc-
cured, win Investigate the report
PARIS, pee, GA dlqpNtoh to the
llnvns Agency from Polling, dated De
comhcr -, NnyR the detachment ot
French troops commanded by Grnernl
RnIlloud were recently attacked "!
ChInopo regulars md Boxers NJ TIL
Tchoou south Of I'no Tinr ru, The
punitive expedition took the village
after n lively combat, Many cnnnon
ana n quantity OF provisions md am
mmtion wcro secured ON nocount OF
the hostile attitude Of the population,
General RnllOud burned tho village
ana also those villages IN the nolRh'
borhood The Chlnorc loss wns 600
90 mon, General Iinilloud's force aus
tanned no loss Chrlstlnn Chinese lam
llna have been mnltrontod by the fhl-
mere regulars,
BRITISH WILL STAY,
LONDON, Dec, 26,-Tho Foreign OF
licn Informed n representative or tn
Associated Press today That there !
no truth In the Pnll Mall Gazette
despatch which says there has been
question of the British aeoedlng from
the allied command owing 10 the notiy
ny OF the Germans IN the district
under British protection,
CONDITIONS Al PICKING,
LONDON, Dec. 2G.-In the course .
u review published In the Morning POS
today Of the conditions existing NJ ~
king, H. j, Whghnm, u wen know
newspaper correspondent, says iher
are now u quarter of u million or ~
hnbilnntg pursuing their ordinary hyO
pntlOnB Ia the American quarter, IN
markets are IN fun bnRL llo add
that The American and Jnpnnoee quar-
tors nro IN all respects Inc best man
aged, Showing ability on the part q
the Americans 10 handle u hubJna
people which they have not deynlopo
elsewhere 10 proper adYhnlhBn,'
Continuing Nj, WhlghAm says
This enormous portion Of the en-
IA pollcod by oXnctly ono company q
infantry ana n few mounted men uu
der u provost marshal " Only thnH
hnrd- headed soldiers Of the DrOyOt
marshal type had been given "a rre
hand IN the Philippines the task
HubIugntlng the unfortunate islander
would have been much moro bllnpl
If tho Japanese hnyc come OuL ~ III
Inuddlu with lying eOlOrb thry ~ lea
have The Americans close behind
WAS worth sending IN expedition
china n only to get u few hints o
IHt.. al lt.. ma
scheme OF municipal government GOuI
not bn Bothered by the British, WI
have learned the business hRpGrleni
In every quarter or the globe, ",
The point ~ contrast II IN only nee
asHnry 10 walk down the avenue " n
chineao city dividing The United STAT
ana Germany, The American slda
the street IN simply pGklng IN
binary gnrb OF peace, minus ~ - d
gated smells Tho opposite side Ii r
most deserted, The Germans ha,
come 10 the American side FOR mel
ana yog6inbles and II N whisper.
thai the country people are sOmeilm
except where the gates are BrItis
American or Japanese, That II w
the markets IN the quarter CONTROL.
by those nations ara tho best"
THE POWERS AND CHINA,
WABIitNaTON Dec, 2G-A Gnbl
gram received ~ tho state D6phrtmG
from United states Minister Cong
dated ~ pellng on the Hlh lnHln
stntGa, That The fOrma meeting b
tween tho diplomatic rGpfGsenlntly
ana Prince CHING took place on n
Wlh, ching prosecuted The GrGdgnlln
~ hlmgGf ana III Hung chang, vi
wna unable 10 attend owing ~ llnGi
10 the diplomatic representatives, WI
handed 10 MIN Tho Internal lonhl mol
Tho officials NJ the State DEPARTING
are unwilling ~ venture q guess M
The length NJ lime thai VIII be 90
aumed by The thln6He government
confederation ~ The note, The last u
llela ~ The note nGtlhHd The rhlnh
government thai lha occupation
fhlll ana paklnn may continue M
The fhlnese government haH G1mpll
with The terms ~ ihn note. n mi
bn stated h0WeYfr ihnt tbs Unit
states N moi hound ~ affected ny u
a