goes on apace and-the-next two months promise to be roseate- for the Tsku- Tug is being celebrated in several ways this week. The Indies with fine feeling culled meeting and devoted Junw 17th to the ente of the graves of the gallant fellows who fell in the defence of Tientsia. More than two handred graves were tended, and flowers placed or. planted round them, On Monday thera is to be a commemorative banquet strictly limited to those who were here at the crisis and to " few select military guests. A garden party' in the evening of the same day is the wore Catholic mits aim. There was some doubt as to what day to chouse to keep the memory of Jast year's experience green. The shilling: begin on June 17th, but this was 6 painful an incident thas it was agreed to ignore that day. The final day of the Zuvesrment on which the native City was carried by assault was Ju y 14h, but this wou'd have clashed with tue French nativual fete, so. we finally agreed to rejoice on June 23rd, the day ea which the first re.ief came up. When this day falls on a Sunday then we are to chose the 24th; this will be the ease this year.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.