Your correspondent at Taianfu has already written in reference to the reappointment of Pan Min-piao to the Taian prefecture. Ho pointed out that such an appointment was neither to the interest of foreigners nor to the peace of the natives. Iam now informed that the British Consul in Chefoo has communicated with Sir Ernest Satow on the subject with the result that the British Minister has requested the Waiwupu to remove the undesirable official from office.
The German Flag that for a day or two floated over the native cemetery (the purchase and rightful possession of which had been disputed by the local native officials) has been removed. The empty flagstaff remains.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.