At the German Legation this morning an imposing ceremony took place in commemoration of the lite German Minister Baron von Ketteler, at which the whole Diplomatic Corps, the German and other foreign officers of the garrison, the Princes Chun and Ching, as well ax H.'E. Li Hung-chang, were present. The Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps delivered an'address on the occasion, while the band of the First Regiment played several suitable pieces.
salute was fired from the wall of the city. Then the body was escorted the military to the railway station, where the Americans had formed a guard of honour.
Besides the expiation monument, which will be erected by the Chinese Government in Peking, the Imperial German Minister intends to erect a monument on the spot where the remains of Baron yon Ketteler were interred provisionally, in memory of the late Minister and the marines who were killed whilst defending the Leyation.
Berlin, 17th Tune,
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