Telegrams from China have given us further details.
It seems that the German minister to China has presented a string of
claims to the Chinese Government which are so absurdly large in
comparison to the amount of damage done, that people do not scruple to
say that they are only offered as a means of enabling the Kaiser to keep
the territory he has seized.
Here are the damages demanded by Germany for the murder of her two
missionaries:
The murderers must be discovered and punished.
The officials concerned in the murder must be punished.
The mission buildings which were destroyed must be rebuilt.
The sum of six hundred thousand taels must be paid to the relations of
the dead missionaries. A tael is worth $1.40, so you can see for
yourselves what a big sum this is.
A heavy sum of money must be paid to defray the expenses of the German
naval expedition to China, and money must be paid to keep the German
force in the Bay of Kiao Chou, which they have seized.
The Chinese Government, on hearing these demands, said that the Bay of
Kiao Chou must be given up before they could even be discussed.
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