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Show CEER FOrMCIAO-CHAV. dfrninfl UoTtm-fo 11 14 liven Introduce.l Into Clitn.i. Ncwa frcm tho far cast Is not uniformly uni-formly warlike and It In eratlfymg to iccord that tho German co.ocy In Shan, lung has rocclvcd Its first baptism of tccr. It appears that n patriotic Ucr-lln Ucr-lln browcry dispatched sovcral casks of Jts famous bock beer last February as a' frco-wlll offering to tho gallant German marines In Klao-Chau. The gift was fully appreciated, nnd tho acknowledgment, ac-knowledgment, dated April 18, has Jii3t reached Berlin. Cnp.. Itoeendaul, the naval governor of Klao-Chau, Is tho author of ono letter of thanks. He states that tho beer arrived In excellent excel-lent condition. "A solemn supper," no ho describes It, was arranged by tho officers of tho marine battalion, at which tho menu consisted Of froah Eaueagos and Borlln bock beer. Tho governor and all the higher oGlcia.a In Teing-Tau were Invltod to this appetizing ap-petizing repast. A second acknowledgment acknowl-edgment has arrived at tho brewery from the, under officers nnd men. It Ss written on tho familiar post card and la signed by all tho participants. The plcturo displays a German marln astride a cask of bock and a Chinaman standing In a suppliant attitude bogging bog-ging to bo allowed to tasfo. It appears ap-pears that this privilege, too, was extended ex-tended by tho Iosaeos to their landlords, for among tho officers' guests wns tho worthy Toa-Tal of Klao-oua'u, who Is said to havo taken to the Gorman bov-crago bov-crago as meekly as to tho German occupation. oc-cupation. London Post. |