'A short time ago it was reported in the North that the Central Government ab: Peking was intending to appoint Honour T'ang Siao-yi, Customs Taotai o! Tientsin, to. be Vice-President of the Imperial Commission visiting, the St. Louis Exhibition, with an Imperial Prince as president. Owing, however, to Viceroy Yuan Shih-Kai being unable to spare hig Honour, it is now stated that Taot Wang Kai-kah of Shanghai will be appointed instead and an excellent choice: it is.
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