EDICT BY TIE EMPEROR.
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
LI HUNG GIVEN FULL POWER. 1
RUSSIAN STAEE LEAVING PEKIN.
,[N.Z, Press Assoc: THE EMPEROR'S EDICT,
LI HUNG CHANG GIVEN
FULL POWER
PRINCE CHING AT PEKIN
RUSSIAN STAFF BOUND
FOR TIENTSIN
HONGKONG, September 12
I It was the Emperor's, not the ! Dowager's, edict that was transmitted from Paotingfu. It confers on Li Hung Chang extraordinary powers, and absolute discretion to negotiate for a Ml settlement with the Powers. WASHINGTON, September 11. General Chafee cables that there are indications' that diplomatic relations with China will not be resumed for a long time. ~,. HONGKONG, September^ 12. Prince Ching has.arrived at Pekin.
Pekin is merely a foreign camp, pending settlement of the dispute by the Powers elsewhere.
M. De Giers, the Russian Minister, and his staff, leave Pekin soon for Tientsin. '■■-'.';
Japan is landing more troops at
Shanghai
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 217, 12 September 1900, Page 5
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