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Indemnity Debate and Pekin Open Port Talk Stir Sino-American Affairs
Secretary Hay condemns punishment demands as excessive as talks from Pekin consider open port status for Pekin and future trials instead of imperial edicts. Officials seek indemnity under 200 million with targeted punishments to avoid broader conflict. Marines guard the legation while Chaffee’s force withdraws to Manila.
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Pekin
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Chili
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Manila
Chaffee
Fourteenth Infantry