The Devout and the Irreverent From Rodney Gilbert, Peking, Apr. 24. is probably no very humiliate ing matter to confess most of us have not yead more than Jeasual sparks from Sir Rabindranath Tagore's forge. It would mean eternal immersion in the The Robert Dollar a Total Lose: Pakiang Now in Deeper Water Teliang, Apr. 26.
The water has vison rapidly, Jeausing the steamer Pakiang, which" struck the rocks below Yehtan on April, 16, to. become everlasting slough to confess any total loss, Tt is reported that och hing, in aking" at "th tething of her can be seen. Moment, moment, howores, Apart from] "The steamer Robert Dollar however.
Apart from Chungking struck the rocks tions of the holy name which are at the Taipantzn Reef near in vulgar "uso hero oven among] Changshow on Thursday morning, the devotees, would probably snake and sunk in a very short time. the most: superficial" Anglo-Indian The foreign passengers were all squirm in horror. saved, but it is feared that a "To be very thoroughly _con-number of Chinese were drowned, domned while he ig about 6 the The steamer Wanhsien, proceed: welter must admit that be has from Chungking, had an esident hover read Tagore ab all ad at Lochi, but it is reported that has only the vaguest possible con ception of his importance; but it in not, sevions, Bo ona who has glanced over the The steamer Kweilee, proveed:. following description of tha ing "to. Hankow on" Thuraday Indian savant, which appeared morning, met with fog" above fin our local Far Eastern Times," Chi strick the. varies can fail to be Moved by what Harvard used to describe as} intellectunt curiosity, "Life is so} dull to enst of the fiwrd cases in this "casehardened community that when a man comes along with sparkling eyebrows, straight Aquilina noses "and the beloved riarchal manner, we smash our and s'" glasses together with Jour "equanimity on the alleged mahogany barrico and. rush out to get a now thrill, By way of showing what really moves Peking to action, the following quotati from the' "Far Eastern 'Times' (front page, 2nd column) is attached to. anchor. "The thas now gone to Reuter's Pacilio Service.
Poking, Apr. 27.
The Ameridan Legation hae rqceived " telegram from the Ameri. can Consul wt Chungking, who who went to the scene of the wreak of the steamer Robert Dole lary, stating Qiab tu vessel waa boned ay iile above Chungshow ab'9 pin on the %rd__ instant. The officers, crow, and. passengers, oth Chinese and foreign, were saved, and the cargo has boon salved, "The "atonmer is a total Joss. The "U.8.8. Monocacy 18 staiding-by the. wrecked yessoly The foreign passengers have since With regard to the Pakiang, appears that the river, rose rayon foot in' one day" at Telung. The flood water lifted the vessel and lectures, Weve, Dressed in flowing brown robes, native Tand. nnd wearing ube hie she slipped—bache water, She is now depth of botwe into deeper, stated tha ing "tip
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