Show WHAT CHINA MUSI PAY Indemnity Claim Presented of 450 000000 Taels Peking May 9An Indemnity claim of 450000000 laels will be presented lo time Chinese plcnlpoientlaries this even lag Official Chinese throughout the empire have beencommunicating with the court and giving advice Most of them seem to favor a loan guaranteed by the foreign powers Others prominent promi-nent among whom Is hCang Chi Tung believe In raising the money in every possible way without a loan and In paying pay-Ing off the entire demand within live years The court Jiag considered inelhods of raising twenty millions extra annually and provisionally approved the plan but the Chinese plenlpolentlarlcs have Instructions to obtain a reduction of the Imlcmnlly demanded as far as possible pos-sible Whatever the final demands of the powers may be It IK not believed that the opposition will be much more than a matter of form The Ministers of the powers met this morning and decided lhat the Chinese should be given lo understand thor oughly lhat the amount did not constitute con-stitute the claim but was the total of the expenses Including private claims considered fair and was meant more to obtain an opinion from official sources as to Chinas ability to pay and also as to what means she would employ |