From a reliable source at Hsian we learn that the Empress Dowager has recorded her veto against travelling by water—Yellow River—to Kaifeng, hence all the preparations as regard junks, landing places, etc., etc., costing so far something over is. 300,000, have been so much money wasted. As an example of what the Government is charged for the cost of the Court's travelling from one place to another, the "expenses" amounted to over Tls. 290,000 for the six short stages alone between T'ungkuan and Hsian, last October, during the Court's flight from Taiyuan to Hsian.
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