Public Celebrations Shortly to be Held: a Series of Imperial Banquets Tokio, Apr. 24.
Arrangements for the public eelebration of the wedding of His Imperial Highness the Prince Regent and Her Imperial Highness Princess Nagako Kuni, are to be announced officially to-morrow.
It will be remembered that when the Imperial Wedding took place January, all public festivities were postponed, partly because of the inclement wintry weather, but principally because such festivities seemed out of place so soon after the September disaster. According to present plans, however, the public celebration of the auspicious event will take place on the four days commencing from and including May 31.
So far as the court is concerned, the celebration will take the form of a series of imperial banquets, that on the first day for the members of the Imperial Family, while those on subsequent days will be participated in by the Diplomatic Corps, Government officials, representatives of public bodies, and those prominent venous walls of lite Landing fo-lents of Tokio and Yoko-flioma' will also be invited.
Popular celebrations of the event will be organized by the municipal bodies of the chief cities and towns of the Empire.
That in Tokio will take. the form of a public function on the grounds immediately adjoining the Imperial Palace, when Their Imperial Highnesses' have consented'to be the guests of the Municipality.
For the amusement of the gener-public, open-air entertainments will be staged in different parts of the city, the streets will be decorated, a lantern procession organized, and decorated cars. will" be rum through the principal.strests each evening—Reuter's Pacific Service. day, Reuter's correspondent "saw cakes of it being put "out" on a window-sill to dry."
The Kueichow troops, who have recruiting and refitting head~ quarters at Itu, are depending on sale of the drug for their support. About a fortnight ago: they despatched a consignment of 400 piculs to Hankow or Wuchang, from the sale of which they will obtain pay and equipment.
The wreck of the Robert Dollar was a tragic affair. The Shu-hun was travelling ahead of her and had safely passed through the channel 10 minutes before the Dollar boat struck the rocks. The Shu-hun saw that something was wrong and came back to render what she could. The listed: over to about 70 degrees, and one Indy passenger was thrown into the water: fo tunately she could swim and for the shore. The other pi engers escaped, but their baggage damaged by the water. The ship lay with her stern deep in the water and the river washing her to about amidships. A steamer, which arrived to-day, however, reports that the water has fallen tind there is more to be seen of her than' first, It is very doubtful whether will be possible to carry out salvage operations.
The Wanhsien was not badly damaged and has since been able to make Chungking.
'The Kwellee, which is one of the Ichang-Hankow steamers, had also the misfortune to get on' the rocks near Chikiang. The Kuling took strong motor-pump to her ance and she has now been cleared of water and has proceeded to Hankow.
The river has fallen again and it is reported to-day that there ix only 3ft, Tin. at Chungking and that the water is still falling. the larger steamers are being held there, as they dare not come down with, such low water mark, was been avery dry spring and the farmers av® in a very bad ray for want of water for the planting of rice—Reuter's Pacific Servi
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