THE FAR EAST.
COMPENSATION FOR MURDER
A NEW TREATY PORT.
UaiUd Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PEKIN, February 4. The Tsung-li-Yamen compensates the relatives of the murdered missionary, the Rev. Mr Fleming, to the extent of thirty thousand dollars (£6000).* The" murderers have been beheaded. The Chinese Government, in accordance with the demands of Sir Claude Mac Donald, lias declared Nanning-fu, at the confluence of the Yu-kiang and Tsi-kiaug rivers, a treaty port, thus completing the opening of the West river to trade.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10264, 6 February 1899, Page 5
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82THE FAR EAST. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10264, 6 February 1899, Page 5
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