Show Foreign Berlin 14 The committee of the lower house of the Landtag setting during recess adopted the first three clauses of the church blllj the third clause was amended to transfer the right of raising objections to church appointments appoint-ments from the central government to governors of provinces Clause four giving power to the government govern-ment to reject nominees on civil religious or educational grounds was rejected It is thought probable proba-ble the clause will be allowed to drop Paris 14A dispatch from Shanghai Shang-hai says Li Hung Chung Chinese commander informed the French minister to China that he had no intention of declaring war against France The French minister replied re-plied that Chinese soldiers captured in Tonquin will be considered pillagers I pil-lagers and summarily shot |