Pree Oh OWN "CoeRESPONHEST papers 8 about ive nttempés which have been Metions. es. have. been in force airist the wholesale and retail tale of opium, Te was Known tha there were 24 powerful firms urg-lime this abolition and. it has also teen realized that the Prov Government cannot meet its Habi Hties unless it has some source of income other ordinary taxi It was Known that the reason for the the deepening of the spiritual lite] tyeraiing, rest was not a of the Church, and the doubling of Tore ts suppress. opium, but. the Christian wiembérship. Reverr- "fair {ng to the Wags and. means which {tempt being the heads of the the N.C.C. proposed to adopt in order to achieve these anils, he mentioned briefly religious education, abolition of illiteracy, the Chri ing of the hom evangelism. youth movenient, ami personal
'The Rev. W. P. Bates, in thanking' Mr. Lobenstine for his most teresting address, said that the situation which the Christian Church had to face in China to-day was fraught with diftculties, and if ever we needed faith it was now "A cordial vote of thanks was offered to the friends.of the C.MLS. mission, who so kindly entertained the Association, Toyo, Oct. 11.1. 1. I. Pri and Princess Chichibu last evening gave a dinner party in the Akasaka Detached Palace in honour of Mrs. Wilson, wife of the late U. $. Pres ident. ' The dinner party was also attended by Mr. Neville, American Charge d'Affairs, and Mrs, Neville og well as by Dr. XR. B. Tensler, Director of the St. Luke's International Hospital, and frs, Teusler. vox Bureau to order and secure the receipts from tex for the Government.
It reported in all the local papers matters have been arranged: between the dealers and the auth-! critics, As a means to overcome) the opposition of the government) the trade guarantees taxes wilh not be less than $130,000 per month, The dealers reckon that the revenue from wholesale dealings will be not Tess than $100,000 per month, while, if the lamp tax is re-imposed, should bring in the balance. So certain are the dealers of this last acc, Stem that they are prepared to] Zunrantee a monthly payment of £50,000 if the tax is farmed out them, 'The papers add that, in view of the many" schemes which the authorities have on hand, this source of revenue is likely' to. be] tapped in the-near future.
As a cart of hint to the author. tics that their schemes most include cifective bandit. suppression comes he news fiat the military guard 2 Oushikow, a steond-close kin Station up." the" Yangtze, have artied off $30,009 whicn had been Secumulated thers
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.