再论美国第一次退还部分庚款的决策过程

The Decision - making Process of the United States Remission of Boxer Indemnity

美国决定退还部分庚款,与当时的清廷驻美公使梁诚的积极推动两国政府之间的正式交涉分不开,但其中美国政府在此问题上的积极主动性不容忽视,若没有美国政府本身的主动性,梁诚的劝说努力难以成功.美国退还庚款的决策是梁诚的努力推动和美国国内多种因素共同作用的结果.同时,两国之所以能在此问题上达成一致,是因为它不仅仅符合美国的利益,而且也符合中国的利益.

The United States could make a decision to remit portions of boxer indemnity to China , because,Liang Cheng , Chinese ambassador in the United States, persistently urged two governments on official negotiations. But what's more important was that the government of the United States took initiate in remitting the money to China, or Liang's efforts wouldn't work. So, Liang's efforts and many domestic factors of the United States jointly affected the process of the decision-making. At the same time , two governments could come to terms on the issue , because it accorded with the interests of not only the United States but also China.