Show TIPRESERVE EMPIRE United States and Japan Desire to Prevent S Destruction Chinese Government and S S S Division of f China S 5 SS State Department Believes That Total Claims for Indemnity Should S Not Be Allowed to Exceed Two Hundred Million Dollars Chinas Ability to Pay Tentatively Estimated t at Three Hundred Million DollarsNo Claim i Exceeds One Hundred AVillions I i Washington April 13The last ad Vics to the State department from Mr Rockhill contain further details respecting re-specting the amount of the Indemnities claimed from China by the powers H appears that these claims have been much exaggerated In some statements stntemcnls although the sum total IssUJ far In excess of the amount of money It is believed I be-lieved hole that China can raise 1lf the belief of the Stale department I depart-ment Ihal lhc total claims sliouId not be allowed exceed 150000000 or 100 000000 According lo information received re-ceived here the British claim po far as foimulatedls reasonable In amount as compared with other claims In1 fact the United SlAtes and Japan represent In these negotiations the moderate element ele-ment whose desire Is to pi event1 the Imposition of charges that shall destroy de-stroy the Chinese Government and result re-sult In the division of the empire None of the claims exceed 5100000000 and even the largest Is something less than this amount This Is b lee t to be the Russian claim which is fixed at 500000000 The German claim IH flexible flexi-ble ranging between 560000000 and JSOOflOOOO but Is nearer the former marlat present though will doubtless doubt-less grow S S As already stated the claim of the Unllod States Is 1 25000000 and with these few totals It will be seen that it 1 the remaining powers arc to be allowed a proportionate share the aggregate will be beyond Chinas ability to pay which has been tentatively csllmatcd at 5300000000 S Nothing has yet been determined respecting re-specting the method of raising the in demnity fund even after an agreement S agree-ment reached S There Is reason to believe that tile kernel of the American proposlllon S touching the distribution of tho In demnity funds between the powers Is 1 found In a suggestion that the allotment allot-ment be made upon the basis of the number of troops actually employed Teach T-each power in the relief of the lega S tloners By this scheme tho forces S brought Into China since the occupation S of Peking arc disregarded as being entirely S en-tirely unnecessary to secure any lawful and unanimously r desired end On this Great Britain would rank flrsl Japan next the United States third and so on |