| Show t WALOEBSEES MISSION z S 4a Important I Tasks Await Commander Com-mander Allied Forces PROGRAMME OF t POWERS 9I 9i He Must Force China to Submit to the a Allied Powers Peace Conditions b b Will Arrange What Military Demonstrations a Dem-onstrations Are Enquired Ho Will Not Act as Chief Diplomatic Representative a Repre-sentative of the Powers It that Idea Was Ever Advanced it Has C Been Abandoned a 7tI tI Berlin Sept 22 Copyright 1900 by the Associated Press 3The Austrian Embassador here In an Interview with a representative of tho Associated Press said There Is an erroncouo Impression In the press about Count von Waldcrscos mission A number of Important tasks await him Above all he must force China to submit to the allied powers peace conditions floral suasion is entirely wasted upon the Chinese Government which far from being humiliated hitherto indulges In-dulges In the hopf of cheating the allies al-lies out of the fruits of the victories by destroying the harmony among them Von Waldersec must arrange what military demonstrations are required re-quired what harbors and Inland towns must be occupied which points require expeditions and which troops may retire re-tire from Peking All the powers are hound to this programme by agreeing upon Von Waldersce as commanderln chief but each may reduce or increase Its contingent at will NOT DIPLOMAT FOR ALL Regarding the statement that Von Waldersce will acj as chief diplomatic representative for the powers If It ever was Intended has been abandoned It Is possible the powers may Jointly appoint ap-point one plenipotentiary for the settlement set-tlement of their Joint demands viz the safeguarding of the foreign colonies t 1 and missions to enable foreign merchants mer-chants to wifely resume business everywhere every-where In China and also to rearrange the status of the diplomatic corps Possibly the Chinese Government hereafter here-after will be located more Inland Then the foreign diplomats will either be located at a treaty port perhaps Tien Tslu or else they will need large military mili-tary protection BOXER MOVE NOT DEAD All of this Von Waldersee must enforce en-force and also Germanys own special demands How each of the powers I separate demands will be regulated and enforced is a different matter All tho powers mean to observe the motto uno further territorial acquisitions but it will probably become necessary for each power to occupy some pro vinceor Important point of which the taxes will be retained until each Is reimbursed for its war outlay With all that we must not forget that the Boxer movement is not yet dead WILL OCCUPY PALACE The Lokal An elger prints a special dispatch from Shanghai saying Count von Waldersce after his arrival at Peking Pe-king would occupy the imperial palace pal-ace remove the dragon flag and hoist his own flag thereby proving to the Chinese who now regard the allied troops as mere allied forces that the allies are really masters FORCE MAY BE EMPLOYED Tho Berliner Post prints an article which says The possibility Is here considered that China will refuse Germanys I Ger-manys demand to give up the main culprits Then forceful measures must be employed above all the occupation of a number of the most Important points In the country AGREE TO GERMAN NOTE The Foreign office Informs the Associated As-sociated Press that France Austria and Italy have agreed to the German note The Foreign office official who made the statement added The statement that Gen Tung Lu has been proposed as one of the Chinese peace commissioners commis-sioners Is untrue Neither Great Britain Brit-ain nor Germany would accept him While Great Britain and Japan have not yet formally accepted Germanys proposal the Associated Press learns from a reliable source that there Is little lit-tle doubt that they will accept UNCLE SAMS ANSWER The Foreign office received this afternoon af-ternoon the United States answer through Baron Speck von Sternberg the German Charge dAffalres at Washington Wash-ington and Mr Jackson the secretary of the United States embassy here Mr v Jackson and the Foreign office ofIlclals refuse to talk on the subject SOCIALIST CONVENTION The German press attaches great importance im-portance to the Socialist convention which has just adjourned The Liberal papers helleve the Socialist participation participa-tion In the Diet elections will redound greatly to the advantage of the Liberal part The Vossisthe Zeltung today demonstrates this in detail The semiofficial semi-official Berliner Correspondent says If the programme adopted by the So cialist convention were carried out the laboring classes would be the first to rise against us It would sink Germany into poverty and Impotence COMMENDS FRENCH SOLDIERS Gen von Arnim who has returned from the French maneuvers being the first German officer attending them since 1S70 has been interviewed by a representative of the Associated Press He is pleased with the courtesy officially offi-cially extended him and commended the Frenoh artillery and especially the cavalry In general terms but regarding regard-ing the infantry he said As sharpshooters sharp-shooters they are excellent but they are less so when fighting in the ranks |
