Beheme of Peking Government's A Permission for British a Flight over China Peking, May 6. 7 The scheme granting spétial perfor British aeroplanes to fly over Chinese territory on parti gular occasions is as follow '1,—The British aeroplanes shall fly over Chinese territory on this ecasion only after formal notice in advance by the British Minister find the granting by the Chinese Government. of special permission. They. shall be subject to examination by the officer or officers ap-Pointed for the purpose by the Chinese Government.
4 2.—The British Minister shall Zurnish information on the following points:—Oblect of the tight: 40 ae ce alen and ing Chinese territory.
(e) Route to be followed and ates of sojourn in Chinese territory.
(Gd). Number and names of avia tors or other persons employed connexion with the flight (e) Number and descriptions. of aeroplanes, marks, descriptions of engines and horse-powers, 3.—The British Minister shall furnish a statement of the route to be followed by the British aero-flying over Chinese ry and this shall, upon ceiving the sanction of the Chinese Government, be definitely fixed upon and must be adhered to by which shall not Jand or restart at any place or places outside it. The width of the Toute zone shall be 20 kilometres.
4-—The British aeroplanes for military reasons, not have the right when flying within the preseribed route, to fly over places within a five-kilometre radius of the Ma Wei shipyard at Foochow (Pagoda Anchorage), or the Woo-ung forts, or the Arsenal at Shanghai.
5.—For the occasion of the present visit of the British aeroplane to China the Chinese Goverm ign places at Foochow and Shanghai where the establishment of temporary aerodromes will permitted, but this permission shall extend to the present occasion only.
6.—The aeroplanes shall carry articles of contraband, Photographic apparatus, wirele apparatus, postal matter, merchandise, '.—The aeroplanes shall not fly at @ low altitude over thickly po? ulated places lying on the route as to endanger the lives or property of the public, nor shall any objects be dropped from the air.
8.—The British aeroplanes shall on their present flight over Chine territory carry all necessary flying certificates, ete., as well as logbooks, which documents shall be open to inspection. They shall confer all regulations one applying only to the especially Permitted flight of British acer planes over Chinese territory on the occasion of the present attempt to fly round the world, and no Gonnexion with the international aviation convention which has not yet been signed by the Chinese Government.
Tt is understood that the conditions set out above are to apply Rqually to the American fliers.) Reuter's Pacific Service. a despatch to the "Daily Tele Graph," Mr. Perceval London gives an account of a visit he had made to Wu Pei-fu at his headquarters
ancient Chinese capital of Loyang Loyang.' The restoration of the which isthe cynosure of all. eyes at this moment, he tells us; has been tirely the work of Wu Pei elected " this spot which he could best sury fluence the half-dozen actual or possible theatres of war with which he is now dealing or will have to cal. This, the nerve-centre of the Republic, does not betray its real importance at first sight; the map explains its strategic value. Wu Pei-fu will probably: maké Yochow, in, Hunan, his second base as soon as active operations begin, should the not then be satisfied with the condition of affairs in the south.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.