Dr. Charles D. Tenney, Counsellor of the U. S. Legation at Peking, and Mrs. Tenney, have been visiting this province. After staying two days at the Oberlin Missionary College, Taikuhsien, Dr. and Mrs. Tenney came to' Taiyuanfu witness the progress that has been made under the wise and progress sive administration of General Yen Shi-shan, the "Model Tuchun." They spent a whole day in the city issiting the University, the City Library, and other interesting places, in the Ford car which General Yen purchased recently. Dr. Tenney addressed more than 2.000 persons in the Great City Hall later in the day. In the evening they were entertained in the yamen by General Chao on_behalf of Governor Yen. Both Dr. and Mrs. Tenney were greatly impressed by the progress made in Shansi and mentioned that Taiyuanfu of to-day was vastly different from what it had been 38 years ago when they first visited the province.
The citizens are greatly alarmed by the present situation in Peking and by the report that an Inspector General will be appointed over Shansi, Chihli, Shantung and Honan. All are of opinion that for the past seven or eight years Shansi has-been the only peaceful province in China and there is no reason why an Inspector General should be appointed to interfere with local affairs. Unlike their brothers in other provinces, the
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