The instructions sent to Minister Conger have been of the most liberal character, all showing a desire on the part of this Government to reach an agreement as rapidly as possible with the other Powers, as to get the settlement completed with China at an early day. The only limitation placed upon the agreement with the other Powers has been that more must not be asked of the Chinese government than it could grant, and resistance has been made to what' seem to be attempts to impose upon China demands which she could not meet, apparently with the it tion of forcing hor into a position where she would have to refuse, and perhaps fight, with the result that territory under the guise of spheres of influence" would be taken by the Powers. On the other hand, it has continually urged and spurred Minister Conger to action and to the use of his influence to press the council of Ministers to a speedy conclusion of their work. It has never for a moment renounced its claim to indemnity, though it has left the amount and the time and manner of its payment to be decided on the spot. When the full record of the peace negotiations comes to he published, the Washington administration feels that it has nothing to fear from the showing it will make.
Tt can be said on authority that this Government will not interfere with the negotiations now proceeding in Peking unless the European Powers go so far a8 to demand exactions which will compel what all the Powers have openly proclaimed their purpose not to do. This is the partition of China.
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