have just heard from K'aifensfu that the man in the street there is tall fighting near Peking. Some say th are fighting the Russians and getting the worst of it while others say it is the Hoxers and Catholics.
Enlightening the Peo; Here our peace is quite undisturbed except that I hear that in several places the Chino-Japanese war is being fought over again on the theatrical platforms where tly to the del 4 of the audience who believe they papen gets very much beaten, are being favoured with a true representa tion of what took place. Tu course of conversation the other day the mandarin here said he was about to take steps to stop this play as it could be cluing no good but rather tended to rouse the blood in the populace.
The " Hsiao Hsia T'ang" did not catch on" very well and does not seem to be creating much sensation—I understand that in spite of the open competitive examination only those who were really wanted secured the studentships. The teacher (or professor) is a young main from Kiangsu, from all accounts a clever man go far as Chinese scholarship is concerned, but of his ability to teach Western learning there is perfect silence. ATemple Burnt.
'A few days ago a temple not far from the city was destroyed by fire which was caused by some careless worshipper.
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