Prince Chun and his Mission have influence of anarchist literature and arrived at Potsdam, where they have been lectures, and has deciared that he received by the high officials. His Majes. has no accomplices—Reuter. {ty the Em; eror will receive Prince Chuo slone. The wording of the address of Thousands of telegrams of symp:-' Prince Chuo has been made much stronger thy with the President have been than before. All reports about the Kotow received.—Reuter. to be performed by Prince Chun and his followers are entirely false and have a London, 9th September. unarked tendency. A Kotow or anything President McKinley's general consimilar has never been demanded by Germany. dition is unchanged.
0 The Crown Prives of Siam, who is at The representative of the Filipino present in Europe, has arrived at Eesen to insurrectox in Europe has telegraphed pay a visit ce Krupp's establishment. to express their detestation of the out-4th September. rage, and to say that a fatal termina-/ Prince Chun, accompanied by General
then in the Philippines—Spectal ser- ""yis" Majesty the Emperor received the tion would be deplored nowhere more Batedan by his Majest Fie Bipeor in Chinese special Ambassador Prince Ch'un this afternoon in the New Palace, near Potstam. All Princes of the Royal House, the Secretary of State for Foreign Afsire, Baron von Richthofen, all Prussan, Ministers, Uke chiefs of the Privy Councils, and all Gonera's of the garrisons of Berlin and Potsdam were present.
Prince Chun expressed the sincere regret of the Emperor of China with regard to the events of the lat your, and said the China himself was no in any inh the troubles, but he had, of curse, to take the rexpinsibility for those who are guilty, and he had therefore taken it. If in consequetice of Into events the relations of both countries (Chind mud Germany) had for the time been clouded over, finally rise events have been cause for both nations to know snd esteem one another better than before.
His Majesty the Emperor then charac whut had happened in Peking as unheard-of crime. He said he was vineed that the Emperor was not personally in avy way connected with Me events, and that the guilt was decidedly more the fault of his councillors, But therefore the Chinese Government could not expect that it could be forgiven morely China had sent an expiation mission to F rgiteness could only be secured by. the future goud behaviour of the Chinese Government, nnd by most exactly observing the rules of international Inw. It was only if Chins would do this, that she may hope tha" friendly telutions would again be established with her and that she may share the ble-sing of human civilisation.
Daring these addresses there were acting as interpreters, on the German side, Baron Scckendorff, Into German Consul at tsin, now at Prague, and on the Chinese side Lt.-Genl. Yin Chang, the future Chinese Minister at Boslin, Then Prince Chun handed to "His Majesty che Emperor a letter written by his brother, the Emperor of O In this letter the Emperor of China again expressed his regret for the murder of the German Minister, Baron von Ketteler, for whom he was now erecting & monument at Peking. He further thanks the German Emperor for sending troops to Chins, thereby assisting in an essential way the re-establishment of peace, Finally, "he expresses his hope and Grm conviction that the relations of Germany and China will become in future move friendly, intimate, and blissful than before.
When Princes Chun left the New Palace after this ceremony, the Guard of honour presented arnis and the band played.
Later in the day the Emperor paid a visi to Prince Chun at the Orangery.
Prinoa Chun drove in the afternoon to the Friedenskircho in Potsdam, depositing wreaths at the sarcophaguses of the Emperor and Empress Frederick.
5th September.
Near Cape Arkona (Island Riigen) H. battleship Sachsen coll with H.M, dis. patch-buat Wacht. The Wacht sank at once with no loss of life.
(The Wacht was one of the oldest ships of the German Navy. She was built in 1887 at Bremen, Her displacement was 1,250 tons, she being 262 feet long a 31.6 feet wide and having a draught of 13.9 feet. The indicated horse-power was 4,000, her speed 19.6 knot She hada two-inches armour protection for her deck and was equipped with 43.4 inches quick-firing gus, 2 Maxims, and three torpedo tubes, Her crew was 141 men.—The Ed.)
6th September.
Prince Ch'un has left Potsdam' and has one to Berlin. During the following week e will he a guest of H.M. the Emperor at the review of troops at Danzig, preceding the Autumn' Manoeuvres.
King Edward of England has arrived of Copenhagen.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.