France and Catholic Claims in China

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 23, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 17.

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France and Catholic Claims in China

The French foreign office states that “France will take charge of the Catholic claims against China,” such a policy being “in accordance with her traditional protectorate over the Catholic missions in the far East.” Although she will not press the claims of other Catholics than the French, still “it is expected that all the Catholics of Latin countries will place their claims in her hands.” The German Catholic missions in China will appeal to their own government.