Peking, June 25.
In view of a judicial investigation which is now proceeding, the Italian Minister at Peking has been granted permission to return to Rome and expects to sail from Shanghai with his family early in July. The Italian Consul at Tientsin assumed the. office of Charge Affaires at the Italian Legation this morning.—Reuter.
#.In connexion with the above it appears only to fair to say that the judicial investigation" in no way involves the conduct of the himself. Readers of Peking papers will know what is being investigated: the episode is not one that we care to touch.—Ed.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.