"Station Conference Minutes"

Concerns the reply to the Basel Committee's letter dated 14 October 1870. No. 52, Fol. 155. The subject, was the re-settling of Kukurantumi, the Basel Committee's letter is a reply to the Station’s Conference Minute from June 1870 (see Akim No. 10). The Basel letter seems to have been rather critical of them on this account, and the minutes (Lodholz’ opinion) are taken up with a comparison of the position of the missionaries' position with the sacrifices of the German soldiers in the Franco-Prussian war. Lodholz’ reaction is not especially enthusiastic about the war. He speaks about sacrifices for the Fatherland, but equally reckons that their loneliness, disappointments (citing his earlier quarterly reports for the year) and travelling problems are the equal of the sacrifices of the German army.

30.11.1870

30.11.1870

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