Peking, Sept. 5.
A mandate issued yesterday evening sanctions the appropriation of $200,000 to relieve the distress of Japan. Another mandate instructs the Neiwufu and the Ministry of Agriculture to appoint delegates to ce-operate with lay.
The two Houses of Parliament have telegraphed to the Diet and to the Premier, Count Yamamoto, expressing the sympathy of the Chinese people with the Japanese people.
General Bramwell Booth having cabled 10,000 yen for relief work in Japan, Commissioner Pearce, accompanied by Adjunct Beckett, will leave for Japan to-night. They are planning to pick up a Salvation Army officer at Seoul who is conversant with both languages to assist in the work on hand.—Reuter.
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