Peking, Aug. 20.
A meeting was held this afternoon at the Hotel de Pekin to consider the formation of a branch of the Pan-Pacific Union. Mr. A. B. Ford, Secretary of the Union, announced that President Hsu Shih-chang had promised a donation of over $1,000 to the funds of the Union. Speeches were delivered by Congressmen J. H. Small, 8. G. Porter and R. Hardy, Dr. Tsur Ye-tsung and Mr. I. Tokukawa, 2nd Secretary of the Japanese Legation. A Committee will be formed later.—Reuter.
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