The President on January 1 will give a great banquet; all high Chinese dignitaries, officials and the foreign and Chinese advisers have been invited. unchanged north of the Vistula. South of the Vistula the Germ: attacks on the Bzura are progrei ing. On the right bank of the Pilica, south-east of Tomazoff, the German offensive is successful.
More southward the situation is unchanged.
Berlin, Dec. 26.
The German Admiralty bulletin of the 26th instant says On December 25 eight British men-of-war made a dash into the German Bay. Hydroplanes convey-
The Ministry of Finance has asked leave to spend $3,000,000 for the building of the commercial port of Hulutao.
The Ohbinese Government has again protested against the new treaty between Russia and Mongolia as the Russian reply to the first note is not satisfactory.
Des. £7.
An anti-Japanese Association has been established in Shantung with the object of keeping peace in the Far East. Two representatives of
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