Show UNITED STATES Will WIl ASK ASKI I FROM CHINA Tat That is the tile Amount Fixed Fied Upon as s a Suitable In Indemnity to Be e Claimed Cl Powers powe sAr Are Det Determined iu to Make lIa e the tiie Celestial Celestal Empire Pay to Its Is Utmost Washington March Ma 22 Although situation at Tien Tie Tain Jn sn was as never re regarded garfied lucre here as sz rous the Ie te officials felt relt that tat a prolongation of 01 the hostile hoste attitude or of the British Brish and Rue Rus Russian sian forces forc to trouble In the end ends so that that the news ne of the te arrange arrangement arrangement ment by which both powers power are al aI allowed a lowed to t recede eede from this C s position without loss of honor was i well el re received received here hereWith hee hereWith With this exciting issue isse withdrawn the Chinese Chinee trouble has ho assumed a less menacing aspect a it is reported that the ministers have been able uble bay leav leaving lea baying ing in tn abeyance abeY nce the troublesome sub subject subject subject of indemnities to make some sonie headway bead way toward the disposition of the pints points remaining to be adjusted under the te articles arices subscribed to by b r China and the powers as a the basis for the joint meeting at Pekin Further inquiry into the indemnity question queston makes it i ft appear appear that hat the sum of 2 which officials consider the he maximum that should be levied levie I upon the Chinese as a a tax tox t represents absolutely the limit Umi of Chinese Inese ability according to the te calculations of the of officials o officials best est informed ee as to the re resources resources sources of China The figure named does not represent the aggregate of the te indemnities claimed clamed On the contrary it Is understood that tat these are very much larger lare The Te United Unie States fixed upon the t e sum of as ne a a suit suitable suitable able indemnity to be claimed notwithstanding notwithstanding suiI standing that officials ofas of the various departments d are satisfied that title sum sm will wIl only pro provide vide for the te payment of ofa ofa a certain ier percentage of items claimed clame because it was wa felt that this was wa as much as as we should claim a of f the OO How Row Sum Wil Will Be De Divided It I is not the intention to t divide this O O into as many equal qua parts as there are powers per but while hie le dividing it into eight or ten te parts pt to see se to 1 it 1 that these the parts are so s proportioned as asto asto I to compensate the powers power in accord accordance accordance pwe ar i ance with wit the outlay they have hav e been i II I put ut to tot tn sup the te Boxer Boxe troubles trouble This government would be willing to abate ate the te 50 claim damI if the other powers would reduce their te euce ter claims claim in the Ne same 8 proportion even eveR to the extent o reducing redu ring the te total ot eat esti estimate es mate to if i by b so doing the te Chinese e government could be bo relieved by by havi having j the te lx tx adjusted to t their ter But although in I gra grave e doubt China Ch can pay py more mora more than our or government feels feels itself bound to for its citizens secure compensation it and ad itself to the same extent as is se secured cured by other powers and is especial especially ly resolved to do this because euse of the tE conviction that that a a total abandonment of of our claims or even a heavy h reduction av tied tion im without corresponding action acton on the part pat of the other oter powers would rather rater injure than ta help China Cina by de destroying str ying whatever restraining ISa influence ence the state tte department hasso has so far been able to exert upon less Jess sympathetic sympathetic powers |