Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-02-15 | Page 2 | Negotiations at Standstill

NEGOTIATIONS AT STANDSTILL No Official Communication Received by Envoys From Chinese Peking Feb 14No official commU nlcatlon has yet been made to the foreign for-eign envoys by the Chinese plcnlpoten I tlarios on behalf of the court At pres I cut the negotiations arc no further advanced ad-vanced than they were at the meeting when the Chinese plenipotentiaries igreed to the death of Prince Chwang and Yu Slen Private dispatches from Slan Fusay that a strong opposition has developed among the officials to an agreement to the demands of the powers as well ns Un opposition to the reform edict Several Sev-eral memorials have been presented to Emperor Kivang Su urging him to ic fuse further negotiations and to promote pro-mote those whom the foreigners desire executed On the other hand It appears that Sfian Chi Tung the Viceroy of Han kow urges the Immediate commencement commence-ment of reform Count von Waldcrsec is reported to have sent an utlmatum to the imperial court All appearance indicate that Chinas Immovable obstinacy is Intended Intend-ed to facilitate the active preparations ahc Is making foi a renewal of hostilities hos-tilities in the spring