Show PARTITION OFCHINA Everything Indicates that Empire Em-pire Will be Cut Up GERMAN VIEW INTERPRETED Will Not Make Any Further Dmand3 Unless Occasion Arises Demands Made Upon the Celestials Have Not Boon Assented to By the United States Great Danger at Present Hinges Upon the Question of Indemnity In-demnity Germany Figures Her Military Expense nt Fifty Millions ni JLUHV ov government 1 oflloials says a Times dispatch from Washington no longer make any ut I tempt to conceal their disbelief in the sincerity of the protestations made by the powers that they do not contemplate con-template the partition of China The speech of Count von Buclow Illustrates well the attitude of the powers It Is Impossible lo foresee further developments develop-ments We shall not allow ourselves to bo lod beyond these demands except by time Interests of civilization and cspeclnly by the Interests oC Germany Those words are paraphrased by an Administration official This IK all we want at present We shall not make any further demands unless vc feel like it UNCLE SAM HOLDS BACK I Although Count von Buelow asserted that time demands he reported had been mado by I unanimous agreement It Is not believed that the United States representative has assented to them Mr Conger has reported from time to time the various propositions under Oonslderullon but he has not yet in dlculecl thai anything In the nature of nn agreement has been reached upon which the powers might act and which is lo serve as a basis of negotiation with the Chinese authorities The great danger hangs about > the question of Indemnity Every day brings to the State department further Information about the settling of the expense bill Germany has now fig ured her military expenses at 350000 000 This does not include a single claim for damages It Is nothing but the cost of sending troops to China and burning powder FIGURE NOT YET FIXED The United Slates has not yet reached the point of llxing a figure beyond hlch the demands would be icgarded as excessive H is actively at work trying to reach such a figure The United States desires to make the indemnity the very utmost that China tan pay but no more The American feeling Is that China has sinned so grievously that she must pay a tremendous tre-mendous penalty One of the officer af the Administration Administra-tion lately In describing the American attitude recalled Bismarcks declaration declara-tion after the FrancoGerman war that he would Bleed France pale but he added Bismarck slopped there Ho did nol try to kill her He demanded de-manded live bllliojaranps But he did not demand Jlfty billion francs That Is time difference between the attitude atti-tude of America and that of Ihe European powers The Admlnlstrallon according to a dispatch mom Washinglon lo time Jour nil of Commerce is endeavoring lo secure important modifications in several sev-eral of the propositions which have the support of some of time Ministers at Peking and others which hat e been suggested there Ikllnlsler Conger has been Instructed lo oppose time provision suggested by lie protocol thai an article ar-ticle be Inserted binding the Chinese CiOieminent to the revision of time ex isling treaties of commerce The objection ob-jection of the United Stales Is based upon tIme fact that such a revision would mean separate terms to each power special concessions to those which Intrigued most nuccejyfully nt the Chinese court and probable secrecy se-crecy regarding some of the concessions conces-sions WANTS AN OPEN DOOR The UnHed States desires nothing In the vay of general commercial privileges privi-leges which Is not granted to every other power H Is opposed to time soparalf revision of the treaties however how-ever not only upon the direct ground of American interest in the negotiations negotia-tions but because of the complications which would be likely to follow such arrangements II is the opinion of some of time leading lead-ing ofllclals of the Slate department Ihat such an arrangement would only open the vty for keeping time Chinese question constantly in an acute stain and ivonid Ihrow a serious pall of anxiety anxi-ety over time peace and commerce of the world |