The 19th anniversary of the fourd-Peiping, Apr, 18.
ing of the National College of me Aris" was celebrated tovday. In the morning a meeting was held to commemorate the occasion, and an. enter {ainment was sven by. the students Inthe evening: air. Chao Talepan, the President of the College, is away {n° Nanking in connection withthe [Second National Art Exhibition and was not able to return to Peiping for the celebration, Me. Cheng Yingesi Bean of the" College, presided over the celebration Reuter to the extent of over $100,000. The thirteen men are said to have been heavily punished.
'A' number of opium dealers, to turn' {o another field of activity with imilar trends, took advantage of the poverty of the poppy growers recent Ly, and purchased their crops in advance at the rate of 2 cents an ounce or $1 for six ounces. The Anti-Opium Administration, however, has ut a stop to this, and has authorized the growers to tear up any such contracts and to repay the money they have received only when the crop is actually sold, plus interest at the current rate.
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