Show POWERS NOT DISPOSED TO i i FURTHER FAVOR CHINA 10 the negotiations between the powers regarding the method of paying alie chinese indemnity are proceeding acceptance of the chinese proposal tp in silver goei not meet with the cordial approval of europe A foreign office baij to the correspondent today america and angland both lccy peculiarly generous to china but this last step meets ith considerably opposition in various quarters we are willing to do everything in our power but the situation h very complicated the chinese say that if they have to pay it in gold it will mean their coun arys ruin oa the other hand if tho payments arc made in silver at the present value of the the indemnity which was made is low as it consistently could be made will be enormously minced possibly we may be able t to reach some compromise abich will ba satisfactory not only to the united states but to the other powers who do not fed so inclined by an extension of the time for payments and other arrangements by which all tha nations may be satisfied and serious consequence to china averted |