WAR IN CHINA
L i TRANSFER TO BRITAIN OF THE BHANhaikwah railway. THE COURT'S RETURN TO PEKIN. FOREIGN MINISTERS IGNORED BY THE DOWAGER. British troops ordered to pekin PEH PBBBS ASSOCIATION. Reoeired 24, 4 56 p m. Londos, February 23. The Germani have began to transfer to the British th) Peking-Shanhark-wai railway. The British have assumed control ef the Peking-Tientsin section. The question ef the cost of repairs to the line i> reserved for diplomatic ■ettlement.
Li Hung Chang states that CJhanng Yerhsien will now be punished, in aeeordanoe with tke Minister's demands.
An Imperial edict has been issued, ordering the palace in the Forbidden City to be prepared for the Court's return to Peking at the end of March. The Foreign Ministers have been consistently ignored by the Empress Dowager throughout the negotiations, she recognising the Emperor rlodp. Four hundred of the Wel-h Futiliers stati n-d af Hongkong, have been orde-id to Peking to relieve the Australi in Contingent.
AMERICAN MINISTER GRANTED (;o DAYS LEAVE. (Received 25, 12.23 a.m.) London, 2.'. Mil Cesger, tke Ajaericoa Mituewt
at Peking, has bsen granted sixty days leave.
Mr, w. W. Rockhill, the ArrtenVa* Special Gomm ; ssioner, will take M . Conger's place, continuing the peace negotiati«'is.
CABLE NEWS
(By Eleoibio Te&e&baph.— 'Oopibioht"
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 40, 25 February 1901, Page 3
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209WAR IN CHINA Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 40, 25 February 1901, Page 3
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