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In the Reichstag the other day, Baron von Buelow made an important
announcement regarding the killing of the German missionaries in China
that led to the German occupancy of Kiao-Chou.
The negotiations between Germany and China over the affair, he said,
were now practically concluded, and with very satisfactory results.
The Governor of Shan-Tung had been removed and would be forever barred
from holding another public office.
Six officials, accused by Germany of taking part in the murders, had
also been degraded and punished, and the actual perpetrators of the
crimes would be treated as they deserved.
China had promised to pay heavy damages for the injury done to the
mission, and would, moreover, provide for the erection of three
churches, each marked with a tablet to indicate that they were under the
protection of the Emperor.
China would also furnish the money necessary for the erection of seven
residences for the Catholic prefecture of Tsao-Chou-Fu.
The Chinese Government finally agreed to issue a special Imperial edict
to insure the future protection of the German missions.
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Major Williams, who was sent to London by the Treasury Department to
inquire into the means for enforcing the new sealskin exclusion act, has
acknowledged that his inquiries have discouraged him.
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