The China Indemnity Application Bill to-day passed the committee age in the House of Lords. ter is informed that the British missionaries' societies in China have notified Mr. Austen Chamberlain, and the Chinese Minister in London, that they have resolved not to'apply for any share of the Boxer Indemnity or to accept any grants therefrom, excepting with the full approval of the Chinese—Reut Toxyo, May 19—The death is announced of Marquis Rairin Tokugawa, former Daimyo of Kishu and brother of Prince Tokugawa. Reuter's Pacific Service,
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