Show JOINT NOTE AGREED i 10 o i I Y 1 < Final Conclusion Reached at a Meeting Last Night of the Foreign Envoys i in Peking n 5 Misunderstanding Upon the Part of Minister Conger Which Has Delayed the Consummation of the Agreement Caused by Omission of Single Digit in Group of Figures Making Up the Cipher Message of Instruction to American Envoy Peking Dec lAt a meeting of the foreign Ministers late this evening everything in regard to the terms of the joint note was agreed to Including the British modifications The Ministers Min-isters refuse to disclose anything in connection with the matter believing that the home Government shpuld give tho particulars to the public Washington Dec 19It Is now learned that the entire misunderstanding misunderstand-ing which has delayed the consummation consumma-tion of the agreement at Peking was t caused by the change or omission of the single digit In a complex group of llgures making up one of the cipher 4i messages of Instruction to Mr Conger Curiously enough the change in this I single digit exactly reversed the meaning mean-ing of the entire message so that Mr Conger In opposing the English view was acllng exactly contrary to the spirit of his instructions though in accordance I ac-cordance with their letter wUh NO WORD FROM CONGER r While nothing had been heanjl from Mr Conger up to 9 oclock tonight re o Garding the agreement said to hfive been reached in J Peking this evening as to theterms of the joint Chinese Note thelSonicials confidently hope that Uie Blutemfents are correct and that the Way h now paved for its formal presentation pre-sentation to the Chinese plenlpoten I tarIcsBRITISH BRITISH MODIFICATION The offirrals here are unable to say L Just what the British modification referred j re-ferred to In the Peking dispatch are I but It i Is believed they rested upon the exclusion of the Irrevocable clause Khlch this Government has all along 1 T inslstpd must not appear in the pre amble to the note Minister Conger had positive instructions from his Government Govern-ment on this subject and the preamble to the joint note it Is understood will not contain that word Chinese peace envoys will be given a reasonable time in which to consider the demands made and then will follow tho fomal negotiation nego-tiation for the peace terms FEATURES OF AGREEMENT Officials here still decline to make public the text of the note agreed on tit is believed that the following points l cover the essential features of the agreement The payment of Indemnity for the wrongs Inflicted by the Boxers to the persons corporatlona and societies which have suffered and the revision of commercial treaties Some reform In the TsungllYamcn so that the Ministers having business with the Foreign office may transact it more expeditiously and in a responsible respon-sible head MONUMENT TO VON KETTELER A monument to be erected to Von Ketteler the German Minister and Keteler appointment of a Prince of the blood to proceed to Germany to make formal apology to tho Emperor for the crime The right to keep a legation guard at Peking If It Is i desired The exclusion of candidates for examinations ex-aminations for office for a certain number of oars In the case of those be guilty of antiforeign uc who may HI Slyo nntforeign tlVi t y tAn interdiction of Importation of arms Into China and of material to be used exclusively In the manufuctuio oC arms ° The taking of measures to prevent troubleSome future trouble-Some modifications i Is believed were made to the proposed dismantling that hereaftqr I there Will of forts 50 aC be nothing of this character Unit will prevent ready acccsu to the legations In Peking |