Northern dispatches to hand state that large sums of money destined for the use of the Empress Dowager—consisting of "tribute" from certain Viceroys and Governors who owed their respective advancements in official life and wealth to her—whilst en route for Peking in anticipation of the Court's return there have been stopped by special edict at 'Téchou, on the borders of Chihli and Slum The money is to be taken vail the dine position of wer. The sums in question aggregate TIs. 6,000,000, Return of the Special Ambassador to Japan.
'The Manager of the China Merchants' SEN, Ca, here hay received " telegram from Tokio sent by the uy, Special Ambassador carrying the Letter of Apology to the Mikado, ordering that a sp r be dispatched to Yokohama to take himself and suite straight to Tientsin. It appears that the mission will not call at Shanghai for obvious reasons, and it is also reported that Na Tung will probably start from Tientsin for Kaifeng as soon as he arrives at the former place instead of going to Peking, Military Officers en route to Japan, Quite a large number of Chinese officials connected with the army organisations of the various provinces in the Yangtze Valley and South of that river have been recently arriving here in order to take steamer for Japan, "These officials have been detailed by their respective Viceroys and Governors proceed to Japan in response tu theinvitation of the Japanese Government to witness the autumn manqurves of the Mikado's Army, especially as the maneuvres of previous years were found to be of much benefit to the Chinese officers who attended them by invitation at the time.
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