Chefoo, May 13.
The Spring Gymkhana is to take place today and while the weather at present appears rather unpropitious there is every indication that it is going to. turn out fine and clear. An excellent programme has been arranged and the organization behind it all is such as to guarantee that everything will pass off successfully. Launches are to be in readiness to transport contestants and spector tors to the West beach while arrangements have been made for the Chefoo Club to provide luncheon, afternoon tea being provided by the ladies. 2 In addition to the Gymkhana the Hunter Corbett Academy, formerly the Temple Hill English School for Chinese, is holding its annual Spring Sports. There are something like 38 events to be worked off and the School authorities are wisely beginning sharp at 1.30 p.m. The sports at Temple Hill are a great attraction, not only to the foreign community, but to the Chinese. Large numbers of the latter usually attend to see the different events run off, and there is much enthusiasm evinced lin them all. Frequently it has been found difficult to keep the Chinese back, but these last few years the school authorities have had the sports well organised and the arvangments for spectators have been excellent. i Wu Pei-fu's victory aroused Hittle excitement in Chefoo. The Chinese—the great majority of them—were pro-Wu Pei-fu_ is their sympathies, and there is a feeling that now he has atta to the power that he has, the probability of Chefoo's being able to secure what it needs to make it the prosperous Port it ought to be, is less remote than it was. During the short i hostilities, nothing occurred locally to denote that not so very many miles north internecine warfare was being waged between two of the country's war lords. The presence for a time of Chinese warships inside and outside-the Breakwater was supposed to give an assurance to residents of Chefoo that in the event of untoward circumstances arising the peace of the place would Maintained, but it is doubtful whether the arrival and stay of the Chinese Navy made any difference Chefoo.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.