Education of Manchu Brides for Double Marriage Peking, Mar. 12.
Arrangements are proceeding for the double marriage of the ex-Emperor to the grand-daughter the late General Chang Shun, Manchu Governor of Kirin, and also to the daughter of Mr. Hs1 Chen, the Minister of Civil Appointments in the Manchu regime, the latter becoming his "Fe" consort.
The prospective brides are at. present studying Chinese and English at the ex-Regent's palace. road to the hot springs has not. yet taken shape, the local people being by no means keen on the project. The Shanghai Commit*ec has sent along large shipments of flour for.
tribution. Much of this has been -sent across to the districts north of the river where the floods did so much damage.
The Yangchow sub-committee have started a scheme to construct a motor road from Yangchow to, Kuachow just across from Chinkiang. Tf this row] can be made it wil prove of great benefit to both ies, and it is hoped that the success of the scheme might lead the objectors to the Tsingkiangpu motor road to give way, and allow that important and necessary road to bs ihuilt. At the present time there is wide barrier right across the Grand Canal so that launches can go so far and then travellers have some distance to go over land and after that take native bent and finish their journey to Tsingkianginn. At the present time it occupies several days, whereas if motor ere running, the trip could be done in a day.
Owing to the scarcity of wheat, the foreign floury mill at Tsing-kiangsu has had to close.
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Peking, that again Shensi is famine Peking, March 15.
1 Hsuan Tung, the ex-Emperor, has stricken, this time owing to serious The Cabinet announces today officially designated a daughter of floods. Personally I have seen/that- Sheng Yun, representing the; Yung. Yuan as the Empress. and nothing of it, nor have I yet metiex-Royal Family of the Manchujthat the wadding ceremony will be one foreigner who has seen any-! Dynasty, has of late formally noti-held in N. i ber of the present thing of it. fed the Peking Government that year.—Ezetern News Agency.
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