THE CHINESE SETTLEMENT.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 3 September 1901, Page 3

THE CHINESE SETTLEMENT.

General European Disunion.

*A Qneation of Chinese Etiquette.

Beoeived this day at 9 12 am. Berlin, September 2. Members of Chun’s mission declare that they would rather die than “Kowtow” or prostrate themselves when entering the Kaiser's presence. Such action wbuld imply that the Emperor was the Kaisers vassal. The address Chun proposed to deliver to the Kaiser merely ex? pressed regret at Kettlet’a death. Bulow, the Chancellor, however, made ah alteration substituting an expression whereby the Chinese Qovernment begs forgiveness for Settler’s murder. (Berlin papers assent to the course pursued by the Kaiser, who is willing to spare Chun personal humiliation, and accent him' honors due to his birth; but insists that other members of the mission must “Kowtow.”

The hitch is delaying the pronulgation of the edicts completing peace. Germany is pressing other Powers and hastening the signing of the protooal, and trusts that the Chinese Government will istue satisfactory edicts respecting supplementary punishments,and suspension. British and American Ministers refuse to accede to German request, owing,to unsatisfactory nature of the edict forbidding the importation of arms. Beoeived this day at 101,2 a.m. Homo Kong, September 2.

Natnng, a notorious Boxer who, was detained at Shanghai because objection was raised by the Japanese Government, has sailed to fulfil his expiatory mission in