Dr. G. E. Morrison left here on Satarday the 15th instant by the 7 a.m. train for Honanfa, where his ponies and supplies are awaiting him. Notwithstanding the early hour several Chinese officials of high rank and various members of the diplomatic corps went to the railway station to see him off. Morrison received a message from "T! Times " before he left to the effect that 8 locum tenons would not come to Peking daring his absence unless unforeseen developments occurred.
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