One of the Government organs publishes three letters from General Voyron to Marshal von Waldersee which show that the Commander-in-Chief did not have it all his own way in managing the affairs of the international forces. The first letter, dated. Peking, Decemberthe30th, 1900, is reply to communication from the Marshal calling in question the right of the French troops to assume the protection of Catholic missions. General Voyron disclaims any intention of interfering with the rights of the German military authorities, but intimates that he must conform to the traditional policy of his own country. The second letter refers to u complaint respecting the Planting of French fags in uinerous es between Peking and Paotingfu, and gives General Voyron an opportunity to say that the Chinese used the tricolour to secure their own safety, they having found that the French respected their lives and property. The third letter is in reply to the Marshal's proposal to form an international council, under the presidency of a German for the policing of the whole of Peking. General Voyron politely declines to concur and says there is no need to interfere with the arrangements already in force in the French section of the city.
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