In spite of the order of the Na~ tional Government for the abolition of the lunar calendar and the re-Jcognition of the -Gregorian New. Year, this decree was not observed witha very great degree of enthusiasm by the local Chinese community. Apart from the foreign hongs and Consulates, the official bureaux and. courts anti the d partment stores, most of the Chinese shops were open for the day. Nevertheless, the occasion was celebrated more enthusiastically than in years past.
'The military review at Lunghua did not take place. In the first place; Gen. Hsiung Hsi-hui, the' Gendarmerie Commissioner "and
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