The " Pekiog Daily News" of December 14 reports:—The NationalAssembly met yesterday at 1.30 p.m. There Miss Gertrude Kingston has arranged for a Chinese compan: Little Theatre, says the of November 28, Married" will be temporarily withdrawn over the Christmas holidays, and the ron resumed in the New Year.
Its place will be taken on December 6, by Madam Chung and her company of celebrated players direct from Peking, whom Miss Kingston will present for the first time in Europe. Madam Chang, who has been likened to the anese actress, Madam Soda wore present one handred and twenty appear in a characteristic five members. Among the visitors stady entitled "The Dragon of Wrath," were four foreigners and repre ives founded on an ancient Chinese legend." of the Press, Although a tragedy in miniature, it The questiva of foreign loans coo-gives ample scope for " delineation of tracted by the province of Kisogen for Chinese life—wrestling in the combat the express purpose of liquidating oat-for the hand of the Princess, Far standing debts incurred daring the Eastern masic and singing in the be-recent financial crisis was discussed. trothal festivities, and some quaint The Hoo. Hen Ting-lio dances by dav. probably never yet, will be remembered the financial place. The second resultant from the robber act terminates the tragedy with " force-the early pact of the veer has, bad fal display of her art by Medam Chang, far-reachiox and disastrous effects on who dies in the arms of ber husband, the business community. The amount her would-be betrayer, the disloyal in cared in stated to be above $30,000,- is killed by the Dragon of 000.
His Excellency Chang has been W! instruct d to proceed to Shanghai to arrange matters in order to restore confidence in the money market, The resalt was the successful negotiation of a foreign loan of $35,000,000. Now it appears that the people of Kiangen unnecessarily have to accept certain amount of responsibility for the payment of this loan. Thiv I think is not right, inasmuch as it is a pablic affair and is not confined to apy The Hon, Wang Teo liscg sai "In this connexion I may instance which the offic use of as an excuse for the raising money. The Indastrial Taotai of Shantuog for instance has obtained a loan from the Germans by saying that the money was used for the development of industry. This is extraordinary on the part of the officials.
Tachipa—"T remember two In reply to question a deputy of the
loans bare beea contracted, one being for $35,000,000 and the other $3,000,- 000. These Inans have nothing to do with the Tochipn. His Excellency Viceroy Chang has expressly stated that repayment will be made by the province concerned."
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