| Show I JOINT NOTE TO DIPLOMATS I What Proposal of Chinese to Powers Contains Paris Oct 1S1ho Hans agency has received the following dispatch from Pcklug The diplomatic corps has received n Joint nfcte from LI Hung Chang and Prince dung saying that It Is time to end the present situation and lo treat for peace and that the Princes and Ministers who were accomplices accom-plices of tho Boxers ivill be handed over to the courts to be judged and I punished according to Chinese law I In their position of plenipotentiaries I L Hung Chang and Prince Citing of fered to treat for peace and accept the principle of indemnities for the lega I tions destroyed The losses are to be estimated by delegates of the powers European nations can be accorded fresh commercial advantages on the old treaties modified but as the re quirements thc powers vary each power must formulate Its own The plenipotentiaries demand an Immediate Im-mediate cessation of hostilities because of their offer and request an Interview with 21st the TsunglJYamen for October Replying to the note M Plnchon the Frehch Minister said that China having recognized that she had vio lated the law of nations was bound bount to accept for that very reason the responsibilities Involved Consequently Consequenl ho demanded that exemplary punish ment be Inflicted upon the principals guilty namely Prince Tuan Prince Chwang Kang YI and Tung Fu Hslang HslanS adding that so long as their heads had not fallen It was Impossible to cease hostilities I |
