China.
THE GERMAN EMPEROR. It is officially stated by the Government that the Emperor sent the following reply to the Chinese Emperor's edict to him :— " I observe with satisfaction that your Majesty is anxious to expiate according to your religion th« shameful murder of my Minister, yet as Kaiser and a Christian I cannot regard the oblations you propose as an atonement. Besides my Minister, teere have gone to the throne of God many of my brethren of the Christian faith — bishops, missionaries, women and children, who, for the sake of their faith, wihch is also mine, died martyrs, and are appearing before God as your Majesty's accusers. No oblations will suffice for all those innocent ones. I do not hold your Majesty personally responsible, but your Advisers — officials on whose head rests Wood' guiltness — must expiate the aborafa' able deed. When you Majesty brings those officials to condign punishment, I will consider the expiation which satisfies Christendom."
The Kaiser invites the Emperor to return to Pekin, promising protection, and adding; "I yearn for a peace which attones for guilt to the uttermost, which offers all foreigners in China complete security, and which allows, above all, the free exercise of religion."
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Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1900, Page 2
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201China. Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1900, Page 2
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