Show REUISIIES POWER I Empress Dowager of China Appoints a Board T of National Administration to Relieve Her of Public Functions By This Action She Places Herself in Position to Avoid direct Responsibility < Re-sponsibility to the Foreigners Will Make it Easier for ihz Foreign Ministers to Transact Business With the Chinese Gow crnment Notorjous Jung Lu One of the Board Washington April 26Tlic following cablegram has been received at the State department from Mr Squlcr time United Slates Charge at Peking dated today The Empress Dowager has appointed appoint-ed a board of national administration to relieve her of public functions They embrace three members of the Cabinet now with theErnpress at Slan Tu and Prince Clung Viceroy LI and Prince Kung who arc now in Peking POWER RELINQUISHED This news Is regarded as ot impor lance Indicated as Jt docs the relln qulshmrtnt by the Empress Dowager of the arbitrary powers she heretofore has exercised K Is also apparent that she has placed herself In a position avoid direct responsibility to the foreigners for whatever may happen In the future fu-ture and the board will have to bear the brunt of any complaint It Js felt that lie appointment of this board will make it much easier for the foreign Ministers to transact business with the Chinese Government MAT COMPLICATE MATTERS The three members of the Cabinet now at Sian Fu Include the notorious JiVPg Lu who was one of the mrtst ar tlve ln the outbreak against the foreigners for-eigners last summer One of the other members of this council Is 70 years old and Is said to be greatly debilitated The third member has been at least lukewarm toward foreign Interests The choice of these three is looked upon ns llkelV to COmnllento lhr > cnnrt ivhtrOi II I Hung Chung and others may nuvoin pllsh QUESTION OF INDEMNITT The foreign establishments hero are receiving a number of important dispatches dis-patches relating to the question of Indemnity In-demnity and how it shall be guaian tpcd by a Chinese loan or to each of the powers Individually One of the dispatches coming through ISuroncan Foreign office says that Sir Rqbcrt Hart has concluded that China can pay atotalof 200000000 and the Impression Is conveyed that this will be tlie KnduntritgfoCnvTIpdri7t the various claims being scaled down tq this limit MIGHT PAY IN INSTALLMENTS Another dispatch comes froin one of the most prominent Chinese officers and a plenipotentiary In the peace negotiations negotia-tions He makes a suggestion that I when the amount of indemnity Is agreed upon It will be greatly to the interests of China as well as to the powers If the amount payable to each power can be made by Installments and not by a gross payment outright In that case China would not IKS compelled com-pelled to negotiate a large loan The I opinion pievails among ofllelals that while this proposition is fair it is ilot practical and there la little Idea that it will be favorably entertained Other dispatches which have passed within the last Tewclays revive the Idea of having The Hague tribunal administer admin-ister the Indemnities after the total Is once agreed upon |