Peking, Aug. 15.
Prince Tsai Tao, the'Manchu Emperor's uncle, has been appointed Chief of the' Mongolian Guard of Honour attached to. the Presidency.
The Mongolian Guard was orig-{nally the Emperor's bodyguard, bu President Yuan Shihskai took over for service at the Presidential Mansion. Prince Tsai Tao has bee the chief of the ex-Emperor's Blan-chu bodyguards since the downfall fof the Manchus—Reuter's Pacific Service.
(Return of Mr. Joseph F. Rock's Expedition: Valuable Plant Washington, July 13. ig stories of adventure and interesting scientific discoveries have been reported to the National Geographical Society by Mr. Joseph IF. Rock, discover of the chaulmoogra tree that yields a leprosy-combating el, and leader of the society's expedition into Yunnan, a vast and Hittle explored province in southwestern Chini
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