Show INDEMNITY FROM CHINA Efforts Being Made to Secure Understanding Under-standing Among Powers Washington Jan fThe I State department de-partment Is making a strong effort to secure an understanding among the r powers to serve as a basis for the ad justment of the question of Indemnity to be paid by the Chinese Government It appears from Jlr Congers reports that it is hopeless expect the foreign Ministers at Peking to reach an agreement agree-ment on thIn Important point and If the problem Is solved at all it must be removed from the Peking council and dealt with by direct diplomatic exchange ex-change as was successfully attempted in the case of the preceding serious differences dif-ferences between the Ministers Therefore There-fore the State department Is in correspondence corre-spondence with other Foreign olllces respecting re-specting this subject though the negotiations ne-gotiations have not proceeded to a point where it can be said that a sue cessful termination fs In sight PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCES The principal difference the way Is believed to he the enormous indemnities indem-nities demanded by some of the powers The efforts of the Chlhese Government to s cure better terms so far as they tend to protract the negotiations arc also expected to have the result of adding add-ing considerably to the sum total which must be paid In the end This is because be-cause the expenses of maintaining the foreign military establishments In China probably will be assessed against the Chinese Government and the coat of keeping foreign troops in Peking at this season of the year and In a country coun-try where every necessity of life has to be transported from a distance will make the bill very heavy Jt Is I believed that the bill of Germanv will be by far the largest and it Ja a significant fact that the German Government has allowed al-lowed 1LE olilcers on service in China fivefold theIr regular salaries a rate of pay hitherto unknown In military history The Chinese however arc expected ex-pected to pay for this The attitude of Russia In Manchuria has given rise to considerable apprehension appre-hension here As Indicated In recent news dispatches a series of regulations has been promulgated by i the Russian Government for the administration of affairs In China which would seem to the oflldalH here to warrant an apprehension appre-hension that a permanent occupation of that territory with Us population of LOOOOOOU Is in contemplation It Is be lieved that some representations either have been or will be made on the Dub jed to the poweru When tHe RuKKian Government announced an-nounced its intention to withdraw its troop from Poking It also solemnly declared that as soon as lasting order shall have boon established In Manchuria Man-churia and Indispensable measures la ken for the protection qf every construction con-struction which according to formal agreement China assured Russia will not fail to withdraw her troops from these territories t of the neighboring empire em-pire provided the action of the powcrw does not place any obstacle In the way of such a measure The contention of the Russian ropro aenlaUves hern is that the conditions laid down In this pledge havo not yet been realIzed and they Insist that there IB nothing In tho printed < regulations which would warrant the assumption that Kutuila is not noting in perfect good faith in thin matter To clear up any doubt that may remain on this point however it is probable that an explicit official dcckiration < from Russia will be Invited on this point |