Natives from Peking who have come own to Shanghai report that it is proposed change the name of the Chunwén gate Peking into the Rettcler" gate (K'-t2- Tin-men) after the Iste German Minister Baron von Ketteler, and the Drom Tower hitherto known asthe Exstern Tower or "Tung P'ai-lou" in the vicinity of which the isto Baron was murdered by a petty officer of Yung Lu's personal corps last June, into Memorial Arch or Hsin-piao Prai-fane." Tu this connection, according to the Shénpno's editor, "It is improbable that the Plenipotetiaries will consent to such a proposition."
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