The Archive · 1900

A National Suggestion Distributed to Chinese

The following has been distributed freely among local Chinese during the last few days, and has great interest also. for foreigners. The translation has been kindly furnished us there ix no central Government in Chiva now, which the Foreign Powers can depend on to observe Trewies, and as the present Government in Peking tus again plunged China into war by a secret conspiracy which has been going on for two years 10 rive out all foreigners, which is now openly being attempted in Peking and Chibli' province, the. foreign Powers wre compelled to offer their aid to form new Joint Central Cabinet which shall be able to give permanent peace and prosperity to Chinese wud foreigners alike, 1.—Let a Jvint Cxbinet be formed consisting of one-half foreigners and one-half Chinese, 2.—Let these foreign nations which will furnish 10,000 troops and upwards to keep order int hina (or the equivalent of 10,000 troops) be entitled to have two each represented in this New China Let the Viceroys and Governors of China nominate an equal number of Chinese (say 13 statesmen exch), in whom They base the fullest confidence, so that these with she foreign members shall form the New China Cabinet. pclczhet the chief duties of this Cabinet (a)—To preserve the lives and property ofall residents in China, both native and forely (i)—To preserve the integrity of the Chinese empire.

(c)—To rule China, not in the interest of any one vation, nor any group of nations, but in the interest of all nations alike, without any distinction whata—Let the New Cabinet act in perfect independence of the direct control of any foreign government, as direct control hax been proved in Egypt, Crete and Samoa impracticable.

Let there be also formed at the time a Supreme Court of all nations e duty shall be to settle any international diftculty that may arise out of this joint govertiment, by just decisions, i of by the brute force of arms.

—Memwhile, let the Viceroys and ors be asked to keep order in their e provinces and cease from sending (cops to the nid of Peking which these troops to attack foreigners ate all their solemn pledges and It is believed that the chief reason of the wide-spread, anti-foreign feeling ix because the Chinese fear the Hlustrious Empire, against they naturally rise everywhere. the foreign Powers reject this mistaken iden of partition, then the chief strength of the corrupt and treacherous Central Government will be gone and few will be illing to defend it, especially if the Bimperor Kuang Hsii is still alive; if he is not, the Joint Cabinet surely can govern better than the violent regents of the past.

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