CHINA.
(Per Press Association —Copyright.)
LONDON, January 1,
The American Government has instructed Mr. Conger to urge the suspension of military operations. Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang are surprised at the Emperor's ready acceptance of the Powers' terms. The Emperor has instructed the envoys to secure the best terms, regretting the limitation of the legation guards and the number of military posts on the railway. He requests the ■ disarming but not the destruction of the Taku forts. LONDON, January 2. The murderer of Baron Yon Kettler, lat<i German Minister of Pekin, was decapitated at the scene of the crime. Several thousand regulars are menacing, five hundred French troops at Paotihg-fu: Baillond is hastening tv( theiir assistance.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9832, 3 January 1901, Page 2
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117CHINA. Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9832, 3 January 1901, Page 2
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