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Newspaper
Wahpeton Times
Location
Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
4
A notice invites payment of 25 with the sender noting it secures access to county official business and commissioners proceedings for 1901. Readers are urged to send the money at the first opportunity via an envelope addressed to The Times.
Cape Town Dec 12 The Dutch government has finally ceased to take the initiative for arbitration between the Transvaal and Great Britain. A interview announced that the Netherlands would remain passive until a decision by the great powers. Lord Roberts spoke in Cape Town after a martial reception praising unity with the English, while typhoid cases among British troops in South Africa rose to 16 025 with 5 642 deaths. Field Marshal Roberts and family prepared to sail to England aboard the Canada.
Ministers from Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching hold delegated powers to negotiate a settlement for China while some nations lack instructions. They will begin talks once Sir Ernest Satow agrees to a joint note unless directed otherwise. Reported funds from the Pao Ting Fa expedition allocated to aid Chinese during winter. Li Hung Chang notes his telegraph-empowered authority is broad. US representative Captain Dodds attends pro forma meeting. France objects to excluding French territory from a rule committee. Brigadier General James H. Wilson arrives in Washington saying China is prostrate and indemnity claims may be made, but unlikely to influence terms.
In Benin on December 12 the Geraian office released an Associated Press statement about the Von Waldersee Chaffee incident. General Chaffee sent a harsh letter to Field Marshal von Waldersee who refused to receive it. Chaffee apologized and Waldersee invited him to break bread, ending the quarrel amicably. Ministers weigh credentials of Chinese envoys but reach no conclusion.
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