NO. 5 (1901), Grd July, Os the 5th of November Sir E. Satow telegraphed to Lord Salisbury: that Li Hung-chang, ax Viceroy of Chibli, had addressed an impertinent note on the 4th to the Foreign Ministers, complaining of the conduct of the Allied troops in the Paotingfu expedition, and of that of the Chinese Christians. The English, French, German, and Italian Ministers returned the note with an intimation that they were unable to accept it. The other Ministers refrained from acknowledging its receipt. On the 7th Chang Chih-tung asked Mr. Warren to wire to Lord Salisbury that there was reason to doubt the truth of the report of Yii Hsien's death, but he and Tung Fo-hsiang were to be "severely punished." On the 10th of November Queen Victoria sent a telegraphic reply in the following terms to the Emperor of China's messages We received at the hands of your Imperinl Majesty's Minister at our Court the telegraphic messages which your Majesty was pleased to send us on the 3rd July and 14th August.
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