The Archive · 1901

The Imperial Route

Universal Gazette" publishes a statement that Viceroy Li Hung-chang has received an Imperial Rescript ty E.'s telegram approving of the suggestion which by the wey appeared some time azo in these columns, that "the Court on its re'un to Peking shall travel by train on the final stages of the journey." Hence the Court will, lusterd of travelling by the {Grand Car 1 as far as Tientsin and then taking train to Peking, shape the journey towards. Chénting in south-west' Chihli, where the [imperial travellers will embark ona special train of the newly constructed railway there for Peking, vid Paoting.

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

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