Growthof Local Self-Government in Shansi Peking, Aug. 7.
Governor Yen's touring patty found Taikou the worst hsien as regards morphine but after three days rigorous speeches and warnings, an anti-opium association was founded there with 1,500 members who each undertook to reform ter addicts or traffickers, Returning to Taiyuanfu on August 2 Governor Yen called a special meeting of the departmental chiefs and received the special reports of the members of the party. On August 3 a party comprising Governor Yen and 400 investigators in a special train reached Pingtinghsion where they carried out investigations of the self-government plan. Up to the present seven meetings have been held in Pingtinghsien and 14 more have been arranged. The Governor intends to go on to Shaoyangtsien to-day. All the hsiens up to the present visited have adopted a local self-government. The tours have already resulted in important al-rerations and _improvement of original plans—Reuter.
Prxinc, August 4.—-Semi-official-peace ly it is reported that the appointment of Admiral! Sah -Chen-ping as Civil Governor of Fukien h: now been decided upon _in agree ment with Gen. Li Hou-chi.—Reuter.
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