Peking, Mar. 27.
Prince and Princess Axel, with the Danish Minister to China and Japan, arrived here this evening and were welcomed at the station by the Mayor of Peking and other not ables, The occasion was one of considerable ceremonial. There was a Chinese guard of honour and bands were also in attendance.
Mar. 28, The Mayor and other Chinese notables entertained Prince and Princess Axel to tiffin to-day at the Huai The vernacular press avers that agitators are busy trying to call strike of workers, It is said that firms employing upwards of 10,000 hands will be involved if the workers listen to the suggestions made them. The bait of an increase of '30 a month for regular workers and lof 20 cents a day for casual wor 's, with double pay on Sundays, is being held out, and the agitators promise that the number of workers used by any firm will not be reduced even if these terms are granted, It is also suggested that the working day shall be reduced by an hour and a half and end at 3.30 p.m, daily. A scheme of this Jon Tang, a famous hall in the Forsjsort put before the workers by clever schemers might easily create City, where: the Tariff Con-
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