The Archive · 1901

The Court on the Move

There is now no doubt at all that the Imperial Court is about to leave Heian in the very near future. Telegrams were sent yesterday to all the provincial high' authorities who had been supplying the Court with money, silks, satins, and the thousand and one necessaries needed at Heian since the Court's arrival in this city in October last, to stop ling' any inure supplies. In consequence of this quite a number of caravans on their way from the South to Shansi have been stopped half-way, en route, and ordered to await farther orders before continuing their journey.. The destination of the Court, however, remains a secret at presen!

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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