New Lease of Life for Business in Northern Port Teingtao, May 7.
Eleven submarines and the mother ships Canopus and Bes American Asiatic Fleet arrived hero on Tuesday. It is, said the submarines and one mother ship will remain here all the summer. The destroyer divisions are on the way. Jand should arrive here by Sunday.
The coming of the American ships has given the city, or at least a large part of it, including wholesalers, retailers, shops, cafes, bara, te, a new lease of life and the visit is "especially welcome after the meagre business done during the winter and spring because of. the abnormal conditions. The money the sailors annually spend here con. tributes very largely to the prosperity of the city.—Reuter.
AN inventory of the treasures of the Imperial Palace in the For-hidden City, Peking, has been taken and inspection of scaled buildings has been made bya group of Chinese officials anxiay set at reft reports of extensive looting there. During the disturbed civil war conditions, Peking police will guard the palace instead of soldiers, wR A
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