Hangchow, May 4.
The formal opening of the Young Men's Christian Association building took place at 2.30 o'clock, As the guests assembled the Military Band, kindly lent for the occasion by the Tuchun, played in very good style. The Chairman of the Association, Dr. Tsang Pao-kyin, in his opening speech sketched the history of the movement in Hangchow. The ground on which the handsome building stood was the gift of the officials and gentry, the building itself that of American friends of the Ascociation. After prayer by the China Inland Mission pastor Mr. Dzen, the following made short speeches of congratulation: Deputies of the Civil Governor and the Tuchun; the Educational Commissioner, Police Assistant Commissioner, the Foreign Commissioner, ete. An interesting ceremony was that of the presentation of a silver key to the Chairman by the National Secretary, Mr. Harvey, by which was symbolized the handing over of the whole institution to the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association of Hangchow as their own possession In a few happy words, the Chairman returned thanks in the name of his fellow Chinese for the noble gift, the audience rising en masse to show their appreciation. The Rev. 8. Brockman spoke powerfully on the need there is of such an institution to counteract the terrible evils that dog the footsteps of young men in every city "in the East and West. Both he and Mr. Harvey were interpreted by the ready Secretary, Mr. Tong, who was congratulated afterwards by the speakers. A photograph was taken: at the close of the speeches, and tea served to the guests, some 500 in all. The indefatigable Secretaries, Messrs." Barnett and Oliver, with their Chinese colleagues, are to be congratulated on the way all the proceedings were carried out Tt may be added that both Governors were in attendance on Mr. Wang I-tang who was about to leave Hangchow just at the time after a visit of two days to the Tuchun. Hence their inability, no doubt, to attend in person, AccorptNG to the Chinese Press, a Japanese, i who is said to have killed a Chinese soldier at Soochow recently, has been arrested and released. The Commissioner of Foreign Affairs has taken up the matter with the Japanese Consul at that city and demanded: (1) That the guilty party be punished according to Japanese criminal law; (2) that compensation of Y.4,000 or $2,100 be given' to the family of. the dead soldier; and (3) that apologies be rendered. The Japanese Consul is reported to have agreed to all of these demands.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.