Mr. Shioda died here on the morning of Saturday, the 11th, deeply regretted. The flags of the various Legations were lowered half-mast as soon as intelligence of the sad event was made known, and continued so for three days. The death of the Minister has been daily expected for several days, the disease—of the liver—having assumed a very serious form with grave complications. On the evening of Friday the 10th the Oriental Society postponed its meeting called to hear a paper by the Rev. W. S. Ament on ' Marco Polo in Cambalu, a comparison of Foreign and Chinese owing to the serious illness of the President. On Tuesday, the 14th, the Diplomatic Body met at the Japanese Legation at 2.30 p.m. when funeral ora tions were delivered by Dr, Mastin, Colonel Denby and M. Coumany. Dr. Martin spoke in the three-fold capacity of friend, member of the Oriental Society, and the College, whose professors had always met with much kindness and_hospitalit from the deceased. The late Mr. Mori, a former Japanese Minister here was referred to and eulogised by President Martin. Col. Denby touchingly referred to the deaths of Their Excellencies the Ministers for Japan and Italy and the loss the Cory Diplomatique had thereby sustained. The members of the body were in full uniform and the Legation flags were half-mast for the fourth day. A violet coloured piece of silk with a suitable inscription in Chinese in gold letters was sent by the Prince and Ministers of the Tsung-li Yamen, and placed on the coffin. After the delivery of the orations, the coffin was viewed by all present. The Ministers of the Foreign Ofice paid their visit of condolence in the afternoon of the 16th and minute enquiries were made into the illness under which the Minister had succumbed. The remains of the deceased left the city ear! on the morning of the 17th, covered witl wreaths and escorted by a couple of soldiers kindly sent by the Tsung-li Yamen. From Tungchow two other soldiers, kindly sent by the Taotai of Tungchow will escort the remains to Tientsin. A Japanese man-of-war is expected at Taku to convey the remains to Japan. Dr. Aoki who came to attend the Minister and who arrived only few days before his death, proceeds to Tientsin where he intends to settle in practice. At that port there is already a considerable Japanese community which will doubtless welcome a native practitioner who has been thoroughly educated in Western medicine. Mr. Imadate the Secretary of the Legation has been commissioned to act as
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