Peking, 10th November.
The Governor of Shantung has concluded.a convention with the Governor of Tsingtao regarding the evacuation. of the province by German troops, The Convention consists of five articles the gist of which is as One evacuation of Kaomi will be "effected within six months from the date of the Convention, and that of Kiaochou in January 1906. Chinese troops will replace the Germans. The barracks at Kaomi will be bought by China and be made a Chino-German school, The German soldiers withdrawn will be shipped home, The German Minister went to Tientsin on the 7th inst. to interview Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai, apparently about the evacuation of North China, The Diplomatic Body here consider the matter very important,—Speoial service.
11th November, Ihe Convention regarding the closing of the German Post Offices in Shantung has been signed—Special service.
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