Show ThETY R tis ONLY I How China Regards Attacks on the Ministers OPINION OF LAW PROFESSOR Relations Acdording to International Law Between China and the Powers Pow-ers Do Not Exist Since China Has Never Voluntarily RecognIzed its Obligation Chinese Utterly Ignorant Igno-rant of the Sanctity of Embassadors Claimed that Ministers Merely I Enjoy Treaty Eights I Berlin Oct G Public attention In Germany was occupied to an unusual degree this week with the Chinese situation sit-uation and the newspapers devoted long discussions to the latest diplomatic diplo-matic phases thereof A feeling of general gen-eral satisfaction pervades the press over the fact that the question seems to be approaching a settlement The French note the contents of which were only published today received courteous treatment but Is considered lo conlain mailer that can wait A Foreign office official discussing tho French note with a representative of the Associated Press expressed the view that the prohibition of the Im porlallon of arms to China should be indefinitely prolonged and also held that the military guard to be maintained main-tained at Peking by the unanimous consent of the powers should remain for an indefinite period lie also said that since the powers now hold the Taku forlificallons the Question of their demolition is not pressing for they can be demolished at any lime Regarding indemnities he said l there was no difference of opinion on the question of principle which will prevail pre-vail though the details will require discussion dis-cussion CONCLUSION FAR FETCHED Certain newspapers criticise the omission of the word International in 11 Delcasses proposal of a permanent perma-nent military occupation of the dis Iricls between Peking and Then Tsln expressing the opinion that the omission omis-sion indlcalps that Russia will insist upon sole proprietary right to the district I dis-trict upon the ground that her administration I admin-istration of the railways justify It The official of the Foreign office expressed ex-pressed the opinion that this conclusion conclu-sion was far fetched adding All the powers are equally inleiested in maintaining main-taining communications with Peking The new American note announced i via London is discredited here While the latest German note has 1 apparently not yet been formally answered an-swered by any one of the powers the Foreign office here has been informed that they sill agree to It The press of various shades of opinion I opin-ion regard the new German note as the 1 rillying point ot the powers In the present negotiations RELATIONS WITH CIIIN V I is Interesting at 0 moment when the powers are exercising comity inward in-ward China to note thai Prof Jelllnek professor of International law at Hcldleberg shows in a law journal that relations according to International law between China and the powers do not exist since China has never voluntarily volun-tarily recognled the obligations of international in-ternational law The latter presupposes presup-poses the equality of tip States whereas the Chinese theory Is that the other States are vassals of the Emperor Em-peror of China The fact that China lion been forced to permit Ministers of I the powers to reside at Poking does not change the situation The Ministers Minis-ters merely enjoy treaty rights Therefore There-fore tlr f attacks upon the Ministers was merely a breach of treaty rights The Chinese aie utterly in Ignorance of the Idea of the sanctity of the Embat sadors GRAIN DUTIES Tho forthcoming grain ddtlos have been discussed In a lively manner this week It Is now ad mite I that the agricultural agri-cultural section of the tariff commia slon has agreed that the minimum dulles on wheat and rye should be SO and G5 marks respectively per metric ton I Is interesting as an llluslra ton of agrarian methods that until a year ago the highest demands were 60 and G5 marks The SO marks rate equals 50 cents per bushel and the radical papers calculated it would mean an annual burden of 527000000 upon the consumers EMPERORS HUNTING TOUR Emperor William after a fortnights deer stalking at Rominlon arrived yes terday at HuberluFslock to continue l 1 his shoot contnue Ji Nothing is known here about the report re-port cabled from New York this week that other American life Insurance companies are about to be readmitted to do business here < It Is reported that Hamburg firms frms have bought 50000 Springfield muzzle loaders from the United States Government Govern-ment The German technical societies have socetes decided to issue an International technical dictionary in English French and German |