Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-02
Chinese PromptneSs in Accepting
Terms Surprises Minister'S
POWERS NOW SEEK DELAY.
Some Think Chinese are inslncere'
and Others That Thcy Are Glad
TO End the Trouble.

New York Jan "A dispatch TO the
Herald from Picking says:
The promp, acceptance by the Chi.
neso government Of The preliminary de-
mands Of the powers has taken away
the breath Of the foreign ministers who
are not prepared to 90 on. II they do
so the differences OF an apparently ir-
reconclable nature which the question
Of indemnity creates In diplomatic
quarters win De revealed.
As a precautlon and for the sake OF
delay, the ministers have asked the
Chinese plenpotenuanes to put the
acceptance OF the note In q solemn
form
II Is generally believed mat Paris
and Washington VIII take the Initiative
in future negotiations.
Reliable Information came from the
court today that the emperor had sue
ceedei General Tung Fun Slang and
his army westward His majesty Is
preparing TO return To- Pekin by slow
marches He viii not enter the city
until the allies leave.
CHINA MAY TRIUMPH.
a dispatch to the Herald from Vienna
SAYS: The latest developments I'm the
Chinese question are favorably received
I'm official circles here. Warnings are
heard IN some quarters, however,
against too optimistic a view Of future
events.
The acceptance OF the Joint note may.
after all. result IN triumph for China
because she hopes thereby 20 obtain an
armlstice and possibly may have al
ready done so, II viii be ascertaIned
In a few days, when negotiations are IN
| progress whether the arrangement will
work The entire course Of events thus
far has left some skepucIsm here re-
gardlng the sincerity Of the Chinese
love FOR peace
FRIENDLY TO L, S.
san Francisco. Cal. Jan. John
Goodnow. United States consul general
10 China. with residence az Shanghai
/ arrived in this city on the city Of Pc
kin. After a brief visit 20 Washington
| he win spend his siXty-days leave Of
absence at his old home In Minnesota
In speaking Of the probable outcome
Of the Chinese troubles the consul-gen-
eral said:
II believe a satisfactory settlement
viii be reached along the lines laid
down by the President Those Chinese
who are working for the integrity Of
their country are friendly toward the
| United states, and are ready TO assist
In a prompt and amicabe settlement.
| The uprising was by no means pOpu-
lar move with the great mass Of the
peaceable Chinese population From the
very first they deplored the acts Of
their fellow countrymen."
Tn regard 20 the missionaries and
their position I'm China, Mr.. Goodnow
thinks there IS stll great field for
successful work, and their continued
presence In the orient should be en-
couraged. He, however Is Of the opin-
ion that II would not be best 10 send
miess!0naries outside the treaty ports
until peace has been proclaimed.
GOODNOWS PRAISE.
Mr.. Goodnow has a good word for
the American troops which were sent
20 China. and he also praises the work
Of a little band OF women sent by a
philanthropic committee ~ New York
people. Of which Mrs Whltelaw Reid
was chairman, to provide the sick and
needy with hospital supplies and COM
forts. Two members Of this band re-
turned on the Pekin They are Miss
+. 3. Ridley and Miss NJ, Henshaw
A. +. Chanot, proprietor Of the Hotel
De Pekln, which was destroyed during
the Boxer outrages. Is also here. lie
and his wife were intrenched in the no.
tel during the terrible siege and mir
aculous!y escaped the deadly fire OF
shlapncl which ultimately leveled the
hotel building 10 the ground. Chanot
brought with him a pony which was 10
have been sacrificed for food on the
very day that rescue came from the al
lied armies,