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Show - ' f SETTLING CHINE" IFFiCULTY- Minister (.'outer AethJ , J tm Conduct Jeetlti.K Minister Conger ha') n authorized by his government if beg in negotiations negotia-tions at once with tb Chine envoys on the basis of poiat of the German and French notes upon which all the j powers are agreed. Upon those points where divergence of views exists the governments of ths pawers themselves will negotiate with a view to reselling a further understanding. It is under- stood the ministerial representatives at Peeking of the other powers have similar instructions, but whether they have or not MinisUr Congsr is not to be restrained. The bulletin stsUinent that Germany Ger-many has agreed to Japsa's proposals that peace aegotiations with China shall for the present ba intrusted to tha foreign represents tives at Peking is regarded as aa in dication that Germany Ger-many has taken slmi. tr actiea in tha case ef Minister Mus-in voa Sckwartx-eBBtein. Sckwartx-eBBtein. f Soma surprise Is .'pressed at the insistence by some of .he powers upon a settlement of ths question of tha sufficiency of credentia ls af the Chinese envoys at this point j It is stated that it is the invariable practice im peace negotiations t allow the plenipotentiaries plenipoten-tiaries themselves to pass upon the credentials of the envoys, which invariably invar-iably is deferred until the first meeting meet-ing of tha plenipotec uaries |