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Mr. Sherman to Mr. Denby.

Department of State,
Washington, March 8, 1898.
No. 1549.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge, with much satisfaction, your dispatch No. 2857, of the 18th of January last, transmitting the translation of the decree of the Emperor of China ordering the punishment of the officials in Shantung for delinquency in connection with the recent murder of the two German missionaries in that province.

It is expected that good results will follow from this exemplary action, which in similar cases affecting American citizens, has been so strenuously urged by this Government.

Respectfully, yours,

John Sherman.