Show CHIHA CHINA HAS AGREED to pay the indemnity united states not concerned in selecting a successor to waldersee r washington may 29 the department of state has been informed reliably that the chinese government has issued a decree agreeing to pay an indemnity of equivalent to about at the present rate of exchange it 13 19 known now the whole subject of indemnity will ae be closed up before the end of the present month mouth it if that Is done and evacuation Is not under wayon way on a large scale then the chinese government must be assessed each day after june to compensate the powers for the maintenance of their military forces in china under this whip p the chinese government has been forced force d to yield it Is not known that the powers have agreed upon the form and extent of guarantee but now that the 0 amount of the indemnity Is settled not pot much difficulty la is expected on this score the united states government has not taken part in the selection of a military commandant to succeed field marshal count von waldersee in the supreme command at peking having dispensed with wl th our military force in china the united states Is not con berned in the personality of the military chief our legation guard will not owe allegiance or obedience to any foreign commander but will be answerable solely to the united states minister or charge in the event of common peril the several legation guards may unite lor for the common defense in which case they may select their own leader as they did during the defense of the legat loners ers last year |