Last Autumn in the Province of Shantung ten and more Districts in the Profecture of Chi-nan and Wu-ting wore inundated and myriads of the population rendered homeless and destitute. The matter was brought to the notice of the Emperor, and His Majesty ordered a grant from the Provincial Revenue of Tie. 160,000 and from the Granaties 50,000 shihs of rice towards relief. Thinking that these would the need we refrained from appealing to the Public for help. Awe-struck we received advices from our native Province that the Yellow River again bursted its banks in the fifth moon of the present year and caused more calamities. Thousands of people were driven to live on the mountain the caves and in the forests, devoid of fo which not only pained those who witnessed Ue events, bul even those who hear of The trustworthy late Committee of Relief Funds for Shansi and other localities have although dis fous cums of money. to. those. di but with the meal they caumot effectually extricate the pitiable sufferers.
We, the undersigned, five Shantunj merchants of Shanghai, being able to vouch for the truthfulness of the events and the reality of the emergency, have invited five of our friends, also morchanta of Shanghai, who are-better known to the Foreign Com munity, to join with us in signing this appeal, to request that subscriptions of any amount would be received by Mr. Tatoong with thanks of all the supplicants, Chang Vu-mun, Kao Sing-nan, Wang Lei-sang, }Shantung Merchants, Chen King-tang, Wang Soey-che, Chen Cho-ping, Tong Mow-chee, Obung-yung (Ta—Aferchants YuSean-wang (Ta-shing), Tong Kew-hing (Awai), Yoong), oYShunghui, We are glad to hear that the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce have resolved to organize a public reception to Sir Harry Parkes on his arrival. As the Chamber represent the mercantile community, and as members of all the principal nationalities are on the Committee, the reception will have as veneral a character as could have been by any other: peculiarly fitting that'
amber should have undertaken how mindful of sir Harry Parkes has always been, and we are certain that the thanks of the community will be given to the Committes for their action.
It will be remembered that the Abbé Convaux was tortured by Chinese soldiers. in Manchuria in Juno last year. The news reached M. Bourée, the then French ter, and he had several meetings with Li Chung-tang, the result being that on 28th December last, HI. Dillon, French Cunsul at Tientsin, left for th of the outrage, going overland by way of Newel wan; He was ist Mi ary and preceded by a Chines especially appointed by the Tsung-liYamén, M: Dillon accomplished the object of his journey and returned to Shanghai vit Viadivostock and Japan, arriving here by the Nagoya Maru yesterday.
We are glad to see from the letter which appears in another column that a good beginning is being made in providing lady doctors, who will practise here among
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