Peking, May 25.
An incident has occurred here which is affording a great deal of amusement to Russians of all factions at the expense of the overzealous local office of the Dalta news agency.
In the early days of May the journals which accept and publish the Dalta service published what was ostensibly a telegram describing at no little expense of verbiage the glorious festivities which had attended the celebration of May Day in Vladivostok. The obvious purpose. was to demonstrate how care-free and happy the citizens of the Far Zastern Republic were under their present Government. Unfortunately there is an exchange of papers between Peking and Vladivostok and the Dalta agent in the latter town, who is evidently a conscientious and self-respecting scribe, read what purported to be a telegram from himself and grew exceedingly angry.
As it happened Vladivostok on May Day was under suspicion of plague and all "street. demonstrations and public—assembles were strictly prohibited. As a result the town maintained a Sabbatical calm throughout the holiday and the occasion was ignored in all telegraphic despatches. This, unhappily, was not known to the Peking branch of the service which, failing to receive a lurid account of the leyous festivities, proceeded to supply the want. The Vladivostok—correspondent when he saw the telegram, waxing wroth, wrote a letter to the leading "ved"? journal, denying that he had ever sent such a: message and demanding the source of the Peking Dalta office's information. The arrival of the papers containing his clementi in" Peking has aroused much mirthful comment in the Russian community, white, red and pink.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.