A Chinan, capital of Shantung, official dispatch states that, having failed in obtai ing the permission of the Throne to refuse the Viceroyalty of Chihli, HE. Yuan Shih-kai has issued instructions to his personal staff, who are to follow HE.
ili, to be ready to leave Chinan for Peking on the 2ist inst. The place where Viceroy ite Yuan Shih-will ta lice ix the acting Viceroy. the Provincial Treasurer Chou Fu, is at the former city, having been summoned there upon the death of the late Li Hung-chang.
A Mongol Prince in Shanghai The eldest son and heir of the chief Prince of the powerful league of Khalkha Mongols. Na Yen-t'n, arrived he the North on Satur modest suite, with th the y Prince will visit Japan it is qui
asatria trip. If the tour pleases him the Prince will go to Europe for his Grand Tour in the spring of next year,
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