The messenger told also of the murder of the German Minister, the date of which he gave as the 20th of June. Baron von Ketteler, he said, set out with the purpose of ing the Tsungli Yamen, accompanied by Interpreter Cordes, while the messenger was also of the The Minister went in a arrying a carbine, and as they approachd the Yamen they saw soldiers armed with rifles, standing} as though on guard. The groom, who was mounted, heard a shot, and turned to see the Minister wounded in the chair, still holding the carbine. The groom galloped on to the Yamen, and reported the affair to the assembled Ministers. Then he returned with runners, and met a detachment German soldiers who had just arrived, but saw no trace of the Minister. Interpreter Cordes was found outside the Belgian Legation, wounded, It_was after this murder that the Foreign Ministers moved to the British Legation.
Tientsin, 25th July.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.