Kueiteh, Feb. 3.
On the occasion of the promulgation of the edict establishing the new election laws and establishing the President in his office for another six years, there was a mesting of all classes in this city. The meeting was convened by invitation of the is and was to have been held in the building of the local Chamber of Commerce, but the numbers proving too many, the demonstration eventually took place in the Middle School.
The chief military official representing the Presidential authority proclaimed the newly established order, after which literati, gentry, ete, by deputy, read patriotic orations and made speeches laudatory of the President and the republic: the flag was saluted, the crowd, without violent enthusiasm, cheered " Min kuo wan pwei," a photo was taken and, so far as Kueiteh is concerned, the President was confirmed on his seat.
It would appear that, " causes belli," our Hailung railroad will not be finished to Heuchowfu as
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.