Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1900 — OLD TUAN’S HEAD TO FALL. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OLD TUAN’S HEAD TO FALL.

Prince Mast Be Decapitated if China Accepts Powers’ Demands. A Pekin dispatch says the foreign envoys have agreed to the joint Chinese note as outlined by Count Von Buelow, German chancellor, Nov. 19. The clause saying the demands are irrevocable is eliminated. The note provides that a Chinese mission, headed, by a prince, shall go to Berlin to express regret for the murder of Baron Von Ketteler. On the scene of the murder a monument must be erected. Prince Tuan and other Boxer leaders must be put to death. China must erect monuments in every cemetery which has been desecrated. No arms shall be im*

ported until further n£Q9P» Just indemnities shall be paid tejjgovernments, corporations and individuals suffering from the recent uprising. Foreign powers shall establish guarded legations In Pekin. Forts from Taku to Pekin to be razed. Pow-ers shall occupy certain ports. Death penalty shallibe provided for those joining any antl-foreign society or order. Officials may be deposed if there are anti-foreign outbreaks. The foreign office nntst be reformhd.

PRINCE TUAN.