also reported as something very strange and unaccountable that the theme given out on the first evening, which is kept a profound secret to everyone except to those inside the hall until the students come out for their first rest, was telegraphed to Peking the day after it was announced. It seems to indicate want of fidelity on the part of some of those in authority. These matters, it is said, are causing much anxity in official circles.
27th September.
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