The Archive · 1901

The Adjustment of Claims

We last week had a pleasant visit from Messrs. Rubinson and Hedley, of the English Methodist. Mission, Tentsin, on eir way b ok from a trip through their ion field in the prefecture of Wuting-fu, Nexthern Shantung, on the borters of Chili, They succeded, with the help of a deputy whom the Governor sent with th m, in adjusting the claims of all thole Christians through the lveal_mag's'rates, except in the district of Laoting, where vho foreign property was all destroyed and where many Christians were killed. These losses are to be adjusted here in Chinanf The two gentlemeis came brok f cling quite overwhelmed by the marked attentions bestowed upon them wherever they went, very different experience frm that of former years. While in Chinanfu they the pleasure of being photographed with the Governor, who is always most affable in his intercourse with foreigners.

The Key. W.B. Hamilton has been la the districts west and south of Chinwnfu for several days, adjusting the claims of Cbristions in" company with a special deputy, and xrow the Rev. John Murray goes to juin him in attending to the sume business in the districts north of the city, Settlements of claims seem to the order of the day, and Governor Yuan is apparently anti ts lo do all he can to assist the foreigners in adjusting dhe claims of the Christians. bores OF THEEKS erenow moving from Wei and Chinan to 0 infantry and 100 artillery are Dein sent to Peking by U.K. Yuan Shih-kei, presumably to take the place of the foreign troops, who are ovacu Sonie hundreds of thes sol yates this morning ing marched 70 li before that I which means they must have started ssu: after midnight. They were on their way from the east to the camps in the south suburb where they will rest for a time before proceeding on their journey northward. Your correspondent had a pleasant call this afternoon from an English. speaking young doctor, Dr. Chung, who is hed to the army, and who arrived of. Flow:

English faiely well, but seems a very gentlemanly pleasant man, He goes on with the troops to Peking.

30th May.

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