A Peking dispatch states that the Governor of Shansi H. E. Pao Fe informed the Central Government that the Baddhist Pope is unwilling to make trip to Peking and is most desirous to leave Wataishan, where he has beea staying during the past few months, for Lhassa next month, The excuse given by the Dalai Lama is that his suite and oumerous retinue are clamouring to return to Tibet and that he is unable to stop them, In response to this communica-from the Governor of Shansi the id Council has instructed that to exert all his arts of persuasion to get the Dalai Lama to delay his: return to Lhassa and to go first to Peking for an Imperial audience and, further, that those of his suite who may most urgently desire to return to Lhassa may do so, but that the Buddhist Pope must come to Peking firat. It may be added that this reluctance on the part of the Dalai Lama to go to Peking ix frown sri unreasoning fear that he may be kept in the Capital sine die and some one else more friendly to China be appointed in his stead.
CHINESE LEGATION AT STOCKHOLM, The Waiwupu has decided to estab-Tish " Legation in the Swedish capital with a Secretary of Legation placed there as Charge d'Affsires. The Chinese Minister at Berlin will also be accredited to Stockholm and wil visit that city once or twice a year.
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