Nest Month ted from Beirut, Syria, ast year and headed for Peking has been delayed again by extreme. win-in Peking before the end of February or the first part of March, according "to twlegeams from the expedition re-Jecived heve to-day.
The expedition had hoped to_arrive in Peking last September. They made ood progress until they, rea. hed the borders of China. Then {Chinese political agitators held them One dispute after another between Chinese and French members the supplementary expedition sent from Peking to mest. the Beirut section caused endless delays, 'The Governor of Sinkiang, encouraged by agitators, threw—every variety of obstacle' in the way of the expedition. They persevered in spite of all obstructions, however, land finally appear to have won the good will of the Chinese Governor! fis well as their Chinese fellow-scientists.
The expedition had not expected! to travel through desert regions mid-winter, however, -and bad. no anti-freezing fixtures for their. Yractorears. "Time and again the favs stalled in the bitter cold.
The French, American, and other scientists have kept cheerful in spite fof their lengthy delays, and has ties, Even when they were held up: fat various towns in Sinkiang, they managed to gather valuable scient~ fic data, Two sections expected to return together to Peking. But is is now understood that the Peking section will proceed to Europe across. the Asiatic continent, following a somewhat different route from that Jeovered by the Beirut section—United Press, Theatre, this-fire drew an enormous! jerowd, blocking the whole but fortunately' the damage was not Jareat amino charm came to the theatre.
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