Show EMPRESS DOWAGER MUST CO 00 rowers to insist oa on her from lower L ower it is staled stated I 1 in washington in well versed in to chinese affairs that cuts de of the questions of indemnity punishments etc now under negotiations tio us at pekin there are three vital and far reaching questions to be determined viz first the removal of the empress dowager personally and through the influence of her advisers from all par in the chinese govern government me nt second the creation of an indemnity fund by the increase of chinese cus torn toms revenue either by the payment of the duties in gold instead of depre cind silver as at present or else by doubling the present ilver duties from 5 per cent to 10 per cent ad valorem valoree va lorem and third the th establishment of a roin min ister of foreign affair affairs in a place of the old aad and cumbersome system of the faung li it I 1 amen the demand for the retirement of the th empress dowager Is said to result from the conclusion now generally ac apted i that the imperial government of china was responsible for the boxer uprising As the dempre Em pre dowager was the ruling authority of the imperial govern during ta eu e uprising th a responsibility la is brought home di erectly to her there Is understood to be no purpose however to visit upon her any personal perg onil punishment or indignity but merely to so form the reconstructed ted government as to exclude her from all participation in it it is deemed advisable for that reason that she should remain permanently away from pekin and that her advisers also should be kept away from the seat of government |