'A correspondent at Nanking writes his Excellency Viceroy Chang.
n-chun gave audience last week dane Douglas Chemplio, of Washington, D. C., and Mise Alice Allen, of Shanghai, the former lady to lay before bie Excel: lency two ideas for the raising of money for the sufferers.
Mrs. Champlin has given freely in fonds stamps, and the sale by America of scrolls inscribed by the Viceroy and presented by him for the regard to the stamps, Mrs. Champlin agreed to defray the cost of the firet inone, and stated that proper organization would insure the distribation of subsequent issues, both in Chins and America. His Excellency listened to the proposal with great interest, and said that be woold like fall parti jcalars of the ecbeme. These will be forwarded to the Viceroy when the idea has been matared.
The sale of scrolls appealed to his Excellency strongly, and be enthnsiastically entered into the spirit of the ides, promising to select embroidered ones of choice workmanship. These will bear the writing of the Viceroy, and will be sent to America to be sold to the highest bidder. Mrs, Champlin will defray castoms duer, if any, and. the whole of the money raised forwarded to those in charge of the line fonds for utilization as deemed phu has a wide circle of wealthy snd influential friends in Washington and New York, and to these an appeal will be made with both the scrolls and the stamps. The latter will enable everyone to give, whilst the former will certainly tempt the rich carlo-bunters" of America, and thooid result in a really handsome return.
His Excellency entertained the Indies to tea, and warmly thanked them for the generous spirit that octoated them, There were present at the interview their Excellencies Wen Tsang-ys0, recently Janior Amban to Tibet, and.
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