A Tour oF Inspection.
H.E. Yuan Shih-kai, Viceroy of Chilli and Commander-in-Chief of the Peiyang Land and Naval forces, left Tientan by the moming train early yesterday inspect the troop Second Division stationed at 'T'
Chibli province, After the inspec~ tion there will be a sham fight under ANavat Scuoon ar Woosuna.
It la stated in Mandarin circles that a large Naval Academy is to be ontablished soon at Woosung, us a training school for cadets of the combined Peiyang nud Nanyang squadrons. As to the organising of a sea-going fleet composed of battleships and armoured cruisers, commensurate in number tu the dignity of the Empire, the question has In to be deferred for the time being owing to the want of alequay funds,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.