May 21.
'The Australian cruiser Brisbane' left Yokohama this morning on her way to Shanghai. Japanese naval officers and ethers gave her a hearty send-off. The Commander of the Brisbane expressed to pressmen his sincere thanks for the cordial rejeeption throughout the visit—Reuter's Pacific Service. jo greatly longed-for rainfall. was a "four fingers' rain." The new Tupan (Chang Chung-chang) has issued a proclamation sympathiz~ ing with the people over the long drought and telling them that he proposes to try an experiment to bring rain. The Western nations covered, says he, that firing.
jory into the air in rapid succession will bombard changes in the Jatmospherie conditions. Clear skies will become clouded and continuous: rainy weather will give place to blue skies. May 16 was the day fixed for the celestial bombardment, bat ing a good shower had al-fallen, possibly a saving in lan munition was effected, not to mention the reputation of the new
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