Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-02-25
ROOSEVELT TENTATIVELY
APPROVES THE SCHEME
Resolution Passes Senate and Is
Now In House Committee Which
Will Probably Recommend it,
Plan to Build Schools
for CeleStidlS.

Washington. Feb. 25.-More than
$l3,000,000 may be expended by the
Chinese empire in preventing future
Boxer troubles through highr. educa-
tion of its young men, if the scheme
which has received the tentative ap-
proval of President Roosevelt is car
ried out by Congress.
President Roosevelt yesterday in
formed William 7. Ellis OF Philadel-
phia, who has recently travelled
through the Chinese empire and who
is responsible for the latest idea as to
the disposition of these millions, that
he is heartily in favor of such dispo-
sitiOn If the scheme can lie worked
out in a practical manner.
AS the Senate has already passed a
joint resolution to consent to a modi-
fication of the bond for $24,44O.77S.
dated December Is. 1906, received
from China for indemnity against loss
es and expenses incurred during the
Boxer outbreak. 1t only remains, if
the House cOncurs. to declare what
disposition shall be made of the
amount. The Senate in passing the
resolution showed the amount which
the United states has received to be
$11,655.492.69, 50 that the remainder
of the indemnity first demanded may
be given over b the Chinese mpire
for this educational purpose
VIII Likely Pass
The resolution passed by the Sem
ate has not yet come before the House
for action, but is now in committee.
1t j. not expected that there viii ne
any opposition 10 the .dea IF mUdIfi-
cation nor is it likely that, if the pres
ident is convinced that Mr.. Ellis ideas
are tenable, there will be any oppo-
sition to the proposition to have the
money devoted to education of the
Chinese.
President Roosevelt, IA lis recon-
mendations to Congress that the S13,-
100000 be RENTED, expressed the
View that the best way in which the
money could be expended w1ull be il
bringing about 10000 Chinese stu
dents To this coultry for me purpose
of permitting them > receive higher
education in American institutions.
The idea of Mr Ellis nlch, he
said, the president has Tentative ap-
proved, goes that Of tle pr 9slJen. cne
better and proposes thlt instead of
bringing the studen.s to the institu-
tions the institutions 0e erected in the
students own land.
VIII DO Much Good
such Institutions. through their wide
influence, will. Mr.. Ellis thinks, do
more to modernize China and prevent
future savage outbreaks, such as that
of 1901, than any other possible move
that any foreign government might be
able 70 make.
Senator Lodge. addressing the Sen
ate on January 10, on the question of
the passage of the resolution referred
to, said: After the Boxer troubles
in China, at which time, as senators
will remember, the legations We're at
tackled and some lives lost, including
that of the German minister. a relief
expedition was sent there by the vari-
Gus western nations in which We took
part After the capture of Pekin the
powers agreed 10 make a demand
upon China for an indemnity in one
sum To- all the powers for the iniur-
les inflicted upon their legations and
for the losses and expenses incurred
by the expedition.
The sum agreed upon was 450,-
100000 taels. our state department
eudeay0red to keep the total amount
of the indemnity down as far as pos
sible. j. was our opinion that il was
excessive, and although we did not
succeed in reducing the indemnity to
the point 10 which we thought it
ought To be reduced we did effect
some reduction.
Allotment To United States
"The lump sum of 45O,O0O,OOO taels
was then divided among the various
powers ln the expedition. and the al
lotmeut made 10 us on the ground of