Peking, Nov. 4.
In view of the existing state of affairs in China, Great Britain, it is understood, has decided to post-}pone for another year the negatia-. tions on the return of Weihaivee Eastern News Agency..
°*°This isone of the las acts of the Labour Party—Ed.
Governor Tsao From the 'a0 were present. Military Governor's the read Peking cogesletat. Rumour has Maugehow over it that are going north and fat the same time we are told that Sun is prepared to obey Tuan Chi-Jui when he becomes Commander-in-Chief of the National Army.
The railway is at last booking passengers to Shanghai, the train to Fong Kyin then steam launch to Sunghiang and train again from there to Shanghai, taking some eight hours for the journey. We suppose the same thing is being done from the Shanghai end, but we have only had Thursday's -paper up to Saturday night.
The Edueations! Association "has been.to General Sun for turds to open the Government schools and he has, we are told, promised something towards them and plans are now being made to open some of them shortly.
The weather is glorious and-the: city ly quiet, although soldiers are very much in evidence everywhere. To-day I met a hundred or so carrying fire wood on poles, and instead of one man carrying two bundles as ordinary coolies do, two men were earrsing two between them. Two men in one instance put their two bundles into a riesha and walk-fed alongside with the pole. A Inbour saving process, but rough on the riesha puller.
On Friday Dr. and its. Main entettaitied te tea a hundred or more members of tthe Christian Fellowship Association, which was established by Bishop Moule, Rev. J. L. Stuart ani-others for closer union work amongst Chri Chinese and foreign ago. After tea Dr. Mf the fo mens, Oliver of the.ALC-As who has just returned from his "furlough la America, told of some of the chil problems the Church was up against in America, and made comparisons with what the Church in China has
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