A recent edict states that the Emperor's health not being in aug wise improved, the Empress Dowager will receive the New Year kowtows. Does this mean she will also receive the Foreign Legations at that time?
A number of our residents went to Tientsin last week to witness the performance of The Mikado by the Tientsin A.D.C. The report is that it was a grand success, Political world quiet. Chinese & bit anxious as to outcome of Ningpo Joss-house riot and its consequences. Weather bitterly cold. Snow fon ground. Skating superb. Colds epidemic. Hot toddies circulating freely.
18th January.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.