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Show NEW DAStM FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA 1'rn.peel of entanglements lluluer. In. I'nlt.il Males to l... N.w hiiiir.llo.. Tho secretary of state has addressed an Identical nolo to the powers Inter ealcd In the Chlneso situation, setting out tersely and afresh the object of tho United States government as to China and pointing out how such objects ns nre common to the (lowers can best b secured. Tho nolo marks the Initiation of fresh negotiations on our part of a new bails to tide over the Impossible situation situa-tion created at the last mcetlug of the ministers In Peking. Home responses already are at hand, and It la stated that generally our ad vancea hov been well received, and the State department expresses satisfaction satis-faction with the progress so far achieved. It la believed that the note Is an appeal ap-peal from the extremocourae suggested by some of the powers as to tho treatment treat-ment of China, especially In the matter of punishments and indemnities to which the ministers at Peking seem Inclined, The Intent la to push the negotiations on a more rational and business-like basts. |