And the sordid and debasing is reached when one reads in the Chinese press that the Wuchank authorities have been investigating the opium dens in that city, and no Jess than 226 have been found in operation.
Needless to say the the right door.
Paxino, July 11:—Mr. Wang Peh-chun, the Minister of Communications, arrived he believed' that he wil postal, railway and other important matters here—Reuter. possible, in two days travel, to reach the great Yangtze river, and Hankow and Nanking will soon be within three or four days travel of Kuangsi's ancient capital, Kueilin.
Forestry is also receiving considerable attention. Hills that formerly were brown and bare, are now dotted from base' to summit tiny shoots, or miniature trees, and lanseapes that used to be dull and monotonous are now rapidly becoming picturesque and beaut 'A new day has dawned in China, her well-wishers look forward hopefully to a land that will combine industrial and moral improvement, and forever silence the grumblers who seem to see nothing but the moral and governmental corruption that unhappily has been too evident in the past.
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