Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1901 — DEMAND THEIR HEADS [ARTICLE]

DEMAND THEIR HEADS

Ministers Designate Twelve Lent ing C hires; Uffender*. The foreign ministers, at a meeting held in Pekin, informed the Chinese plenipotentiaries that twelve princes and high officials, whose punishment the Chinese government has already decreed, deserved death. The Chinese representatives said the government would behead Yu Hsien and Prince Shwang, but presented many arguments why the court would not indict capital punishment on the others. Senor De Cologan. the Spanish minister. who is doyen of the diplomatic cone, read the indictment which the ministers had prepared. Prince Chwang was officially commander-in-chief of the Boxers, nnd as prefect of police he was responsible for offering a reward of from 30 to 50 taels for every foreigner brought to him alive, and for punishing with death Chinese who protected foreigners. Prince Tuan wus the principal instigator of the Boxer movement, he persuaded the government that the Boxers afforded the best means of ridding China of foreigners. As president of the Tsung-li-Yamen lie was responsible for the anti-foreign edicts, among them Iteing that of July 2, the currying out of which resulted in the mas sacre of foreigners in Shensi. He ordered the Chinese troops to attack the legations, nnd always op|>osed lu-essutiou of hostilities. He wns at the head of tinparty which secured the beheading of two members of the Tsuug-li-Ynnieu for favoring foreigners, nnd the author of the ultimatum of June 19, commanding the ministers to leave Pekin in twenty-four hours. He ordered his troops to kill any foreigner found on the streets, and was thus the principal author of the murder of Baron von Ketteler, the German minister. Duke Lun was one of the official chiefs of the Boxers. He was vice-presi-dent of, police and wns responsible for offering rewards for the killing of foreigners. He was one of the first to open the gates of the city to the Boxers. Yinguleu was one of the chief Boxers. After n long conversation on the-sub-ject of punishment, it was decided that the foreign envoys should draw up a full list of all accused officials, both national and provincial, with indictments specifying the guilt of each, and n statement of the punishment required, which would then he presented to the Chinese plenipotentiaries for definite action. A movement lias been started to erect at tho Missouri State University a tablet in memory of students of the institution who were victims of the Hpnnish-Amcri-can war. Bates County, Mo., is to vote on a proposition to issue bonds to build a $50,000 court house Feb. 23. Tlie contract has been let for a 21-atory building In Pittsburg, I’a., at n coat of betweeu $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. Several negroes, Texarkana, Ark., are going to Liberia.