CHINA AND THE POWERS
HONGKONG, July 31. An edict has been issued by the Emperor which assigns to the Foreign Office the highest rank in China, and implies that h e will occasionally entertain foreign Ministers at a banquet at The culprits designated for punish* nient have dwindled from IGO to 54. LONDON, August 3. The Colonial Office has succeeded the Admiralty in the administration of Wei-hai-wei- ' * . ' Lord Cranborne announced in the House of Commons that the official date for the evacuatiorf of Pekin, except by the Legation Guards, was the 15th instant, but this date was subject to & few days’ extension.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1536, 7 August 1901, Page 50
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