The event of the most importance in the eyes of the month has been the rai ang, the commander of the show troops here, to the rank lof a Si Lin, (General) to command 'a mixed brigade. They have opened a military school in one of the largest temples here to prepare the officers required to fill out this new unit, This is a good illustration of how the Chinese are cutting down their standing army. The ceremony. was in a big temple near the North Gate on the First day of Ap:
There is another item of interes: to the military as well as many others these days and that is the harvest of the opium crop. The acreage in this country is larger than it was last year and any day opium being coo! spring thus far, with very little rain, The farmers are looking for rain to il the rice fields. The rivers are very. low for this time of year and the arge steamers are unable to make the trip to Chungking.
The country is very quiet at present. The bandits seem to have been about all incorporated into the lanny, and those who have not come in when they have had the chance have been dealt with in a stern Ds CRIMINATING Musicians always choose the Bechstein because they know that the building of beautifully-toned instruments is a matter of evolution.
The evolution of years of experience and of strict adference to-artistic ideals.
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