THE FIRE IN PEKIN.
CHINESE DUPLiCITY. London, June 12. Renter's Pekin correspondent states that the day after telegraphing the edict ordering all the archives to be destroyed, the Imperial library in the Forbidden City was set on fire. Li Hung Chang in the meantime denied receiving a telegram conveying the edict. Mr. Rockhill, the acting American Minister, however, possesses a translation thereof.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11679, 14 June 1901, Page 5
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