Show CHINESE OFFICIALS POLITELY REFUSE TO COMMIT SUICIDE TO OBLIGE ALLIES Pekin Fieh b 13 At least three of the Chinese Chin se to whom Emperor Su sent a choice of suicide in il pursuance of the demand of the tite powers for their punishment with death have declined to comply and aad au the flie emperor has with withdrawn withdrawn drawn dra wn his request that they should de destroy detroy detroy troy stroy themselves His majesty now pow telegraphs Prince Prin Ching that thU when he agreed to the terms of the joint note the latter Jatter only required that the pun punishment punishment punIshment should fit the crime and he argues that if the worst of the guilty deserve death the others othen should be 00 punished in oth other r ways The T e foreign envoys on the contrary say that even een hose Chose Ut e who are least guilty deserve erve de death and as there is no worse e pun punishment punishment punishment ail l nw suffer that penalty Unless the court changes thang s its Views des no nob immediate b settlement Is possible s ble Russians in Battle London Feb 18 lIA A special dispatch from Shan Hal Kuan dated Feb 11 lL says the Russians lost forty men killed in an engagement en gement at Kao Chiao China and that they refused r the assistance of he heI allies ames It is hoped that the arrival of I Sir Walter Hillier adviser advisor to the Brit Blit British BritIsh ish military authorities am in China at Pekin wil expedite the negotiations n goti with the Chinese court |