Messrs. Armstrong, Whitworth launched at Elewick shipbuilding yard, Newcastle-on-Tyne, on October. 23 the cruiser training ship Chaoho for the Chioese Navy. The launching ceremony was performed by a daughter of the Chinese Minister. After the Inneh Mr. Avdrew Noble proposed the toast, "Success to the Ship," and she was 330 ft. long, 42 ft. broad, and of 9,750 tons sidents in the City of Weihsi Majesty the King on the occasion of Their Majesties' Coronation.
I am commanded by the Kiog to i! express His Majesty's thanks for the congratulations contained in thave aod artistic merit displayed in their prepara-tio foot 4 50 in. calibre gans, two 2°50 in.
3-poonder call automatic maxim gai edo tubes of His Majesty greatly admires the} The hed with ornamentation aod workmanship of the address presented by the Chinese comwanity of Weihsimei.
T have the honour to be, Bir, Your most obedient, humble servant, Commissioner.
Sir J. H. Stewanr Lockuant, x. tin interesting to note that Mr. H.W. G. Hayter was the artist re-for the address presented by th commanity. machinery and. boilers fo, and woold, mas expected, be randy for her trials in about two months, Proposing the health of the constracting firm, Mr. Woo said the Chinese Goveroment had realized thet the best material in the world was useless if there were not men to rose it, There bad been talk of yellow peril, but the yellow peril was for aggressors, for thoes who wade gratuity ons and unprovoked attacks on the hocoor and integrity of China. There was no pation more peace-loving than the Chinese. They did not believe that gone and bayonets were the best means of settling international quarrels.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.