Saturvay's "Echo de Chine" gives as latest news that M. Faure will not be called to succeed M. Doumer as Governor-General of French Indo-China.
The same paper vigorously supports the proposal to founda French Association on. the lines of the China Association, but, it suggests that the French Minister at Peking shall be honorary president, the Frenel Consul-General here president, and: the president of the French Municipal Council vice-president. It fortifies its suggesti by the mistaken statement that the British Consul-General _prosides at the "general meetings of the China Association.
Moxvay's 'Echo de Chine" has the following: The miners have submitted their claims to M. Waldeck-Rousseau, who has answered' that the fixing of minimum wage depends on the understanding between the masters and the men.—fhe Chamber is discussing the proposed law on workmen's old age pensions.—A commission of enquiry is examining the proposed law on the eight-hour day.—M. Waldeck-Rousseau has. pointed out: tothe miners that a general strike would injure the workmen as much ax the country.—According to telegrams from St. Louis, Senegal, the sanitary condition there is oxcellent.—At Buda-Pesth there ha been violent election riots. The soldiers wounded about a hundred people. Some hundreds of arrests were made.—At the Cape the English have shot some captured Boer officers on the charge of being rebels.
v's "Echo de Chine" contirns Mr. Santos-Dumont's recent voyage in his dirigible balloon, He started from St. Cloud, sailed round the Eifiol Tower, and returned to his starting-point in 30 minutes and 40 seconds, Usven " Latest News" this morning's "Echo de Chine" says that the miners' delegates in convention at St. Etienne are examining the strike question, 'The papers believe that the strike will be voted, but after some days' stoppage work will be resumed. The Government has taken all the measures that may be eventually necessary.
We have duly received the October issue of the "Chinese Mlustrated News," with pictures of Edinburgh, a portrait' of the late President McKinley, ete.
issue of the "Empire Review," which We have recent oda copy of the Septem) includes in_its contents a very interesting article by Mr. H. Kopsch on "Britain's Trade with China."
have also received the issue of the ' Korea Review, very readable special articles, besides the columns for odds and ends, reviews, it and news, and the continuation of the history of Corea.
Also No. 197 of Ya Sinologiques," published at the Catholic Mission at wei, being a pamphlet of some 30 pages on "Tien-Tchou, Seigneur clu Cid," i ence toa Buddhist tablet at Chengtu, by the late Pere Henri Havret, 8S. J. It is a very valuable contribution tu the mue vexed Term question.
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