The organization of a national appeal in aid of the sufferers from the famine in China is making progress. The Lord Mayor will preside at a meeting to be held at the Mansion House on Thursday, when the principle speakers will be Sir John Jordan, Sir Charles Addis and Mr. Alfred Sze, while the organization throughout the country, is under the superintendence of Mr. Donovan, ex-Postmaster of Shanghai, and is _receiving warm support from the Foreign Office. It is announced that the Chinese diplomatic and consular staffs in Great Britain are contributing 20 per cent. of their salaries for three months to the famine fund.—Reuter.
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