The celebration of Christmas growing among the Chinese. The Birthday idea, congratulation cards, exchanging presents and entertainments for children win approval. More than 1,000 children attended different churches here on Christmas Day, many taken part in the exercises and all carrying something gocd to eat prepared by Chi nese Christians. Although there was! hostile manifesto printed in the local paper against Christianity by the provincial taxgpu yet no out break 6f any sort occurred.
Telegraphic orders to local commandant on Christmas night structed a tuan of soldiers to proceed up the Chientang river beyond Hangchow. Tumours of unsettled conditions in the west of Chekiang, require seasoned soldiers. In x few hours, the 2,500 men were on the way with full equipment, The 20l-diers one sets on the streets Kashing to-day are superior in appearance to there who came along in 1927. Physically better selected, apparently well fed, uniforms and equipment much improved, discipline stricter and all well behaved to date.
Spain. They will return to Japa the United States. with which this island Empire always is offic: ed, took hundreds of lives during the year as usual. Floods and typhoons swept central and western Japan and Korea during the later fummer, causing the death of hundreds and tremendous property €estruction. Six peasants were falled during an eruption of the voleano Asama, rear the summer resort of Karuizawa. They had climbed to the crater on a sight seeing trip when the voleano blew There were however, tio lange tidal waves, as often the case. continued.
Several new railway lines were opened and fast service by "super express" trains started between the two }rincipal cities of the Empi Tokyo and Osaka. Airways service weas extended ard enlarged, witn regular mail and passenger' planes vaversing routes from Tokyo te Osaka to Fukoka, to Seoul and Beijo in Korea and thence to Puiren and return. Plans for an air mail ard passenger service to Shanghai di materialize, although trial flights were made successfully in "all-Japanese made" seaplanes. Several new radio tele~ graph circuits were opened ant radio broadcasting equipment fected until all Japan heard speeches President Hoover in Washington end Prime Minister MacDonald in London on the occasion of the Geposit "of ratifications of Japan, Britain and the United States to tne London Naval Treaty, inthe British Foreign Office. A speech bz Premier Hamaguchi in Japan at the same time was broadcast successfully to most of the world. Wireless telephone service alto wa established between shore stations and coastwise ships. This service {ikely: will be extended to the United States and Europe during 1931—
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