Three Japanese school children. on Saturday sacrificed their savings as donation to the Special Naval Landing Party. They were Yoshio Yoshi-mura and Mizuo Yoshimura, brothers, who jointly gave $5 and Miss Kikue Okino, daughter of the assistant naval attache, who donated $9. A gift of $200 was also received from the Japanese employers of the As Steel Works.
Peiping, Aug. 8.
With "supplies of rice and wheat in the ancient capital rapidly shrink-ug. efforts were made to-day secure these two staples from Tien tsin 2s soon as possible While the stocks of other cereals were regarded by the authorities as ample for eight months, the sudden influx of refugees from the countryside made serious inroads in the quantity of rice and wheat stored locally.
About 4,000 refugees. are now in Peiping, being taken care of by the Society and other The Red Swastika Society" is als for Chinese wound-the dead.—Domei,
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