Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-21
CHING Is ALARMED.
Accede to Demands, and Fear Raids
Will Go On.

Pekin. Feb. 21.--.Prince Ching and Lii
Hung Chang have received Geographic
instructions from the court to notify
the ministers of the powers that an edict
has been issued regarding the punish
ments of Chinese officials, contirma tory
of the demands made by the ministers
as follows:
General Tung Fuh Slang to be de-
graded and deprived of his rank.
! "Prince Tuan and Duke Ian to be dis
graced and eXiled.
! Prince Chuang. Wing Men and Choa
Shu Chiao to commit suicide.
'Hsu Chen Yu Yu Hs.en and ki Hat
! nen to be beheaued.'
! This is not exactly what the ministers
| demanded but 1T is considered advisable
4 to- gree to 1t, as the demand for lives
| has been agreed to except in the case of
| General Tung F'uh Slang. whom the
court is poweress to mo'est.
There is a private unders landing that
! his life will be claimed when 1t is pos
sible.
1rbe European and Chinese secretaries
/ of lega tons and Others who have lived
| in China for years. consider that emma
| has gained a victory. as the only man
! >le court las to beheal is Hu Hsien.
The other two are in the hands of the
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| their execution is wanted.
Suicide is no disgrace whatever in the
eyes Of the Chinese
No one believes General Sang VIII
ever suffer punishment.
People here say Chinese imperial
edicts are very unstable especially
when private edcts to the eX-
ecutiVe officials accompany the pub
lie edct. A recent decree ordered all
the indicted officials to commit sui
eide, yet, it is evident Il secret edict was
sent instlucting the persons implicated
not to obey. What proof. it is asked,
! is there now that the terms of the de-
cree will be carried out.
Prince Ching is greatly alarmed at
the preparations for the military eXpe-
dition into the interior. He asks why
they are not countermanded. now that
| China has agreed to the demands of the
powers, instead of which the prepara-
tiOns continue.
Mr. j. Fowler the United States con-
sui at Chez Foo has sent Minister
Conger a proclamation issued by Yuen
Sh kai. the governor of the province
of Shan Tung, giving protection to the
| missionaries and offering a reward of
| 200 taelS for the capture of any of the
| ringeaders of the recent disturbances
| and Offering Il reward of 100 tielS for
the capture of others than those
actually committing outraEes. The
civil and military authorities will be
held strictly accountable for the good
order of their districts. When outrages
are committed they will be disgraced
and reported to the throne. Where no
other outrages occur for three years,
the civil and military authorities will
be rewarded by IA merit tablet and but
ton.
The merchants of Ticn Tsin have sent
memorial to General Chaffee asking
him to resume the occupation of the
Formosan concession, long ago gwen up
and unoccuped, though both the Brit
iSh and German commanders talk of
anneXnG it. The merchants say they
will be handicapped without the con-
oession as they would have to pay
! wharfage to Il foreign power as well as
to the Chinese officials The general
desires that the matter be given to
| MinisterCOnger for decision.