Show WETAT AGREEMENT CONTAINS I I Punishment I Severest Punishment That China Can Impose on Boxers Demanded i Washington Dec 21It Is learned here that the agreement signed by the I Ministers of the power at Peking naming conditions as a preliminary to the negotiations ofv peace terms contains con-tains 0 demand for the severest penalties i penal-ties that China can impose in the punishment pun-ishment of thohigh officials believed to be responsible for the Boxer ouSsngi This refers particularly to the eleven prominent Chinese nobles whose names have been mentioned in the press dispatches i dis-patches as those whom all of the nations na-tions contended should be executed Our Government has persistently hold to tho position that penalties should not be exacted from the Chinese Government Gov-ernment which she was unable to carryout carry-out The demand for the death penalties ties was stricken out of the agreement and that for the severest pchallics possible pos-sible Inserted The agreement probably will be made public here tomorrow If word reaches Washington that Mr Conger has af Jixed his signature to It Starts for Peking Berlin Dec 21A dispatch from Tien Tsin to the Frankfurter Jieitung dated today says Prince ChIng assorts as-sorts that Emperor 1C wan g Su accompanied accom-panied by the Empress Dowager left Sian Fn December 19th bound for Peking Pe-king 0 |