nom OUR Own Connesronpext Wasih, Kiangsv, Sept. 3.
An event of truly tremendous focal interest, and, in fact of much more than local interest has been, during the past three days, the celebration of the 60th birthday of the "Flour king," Mr. Yoong Tsung Ching and also the Gith birthday of Wife.
The. scene of the celebration is the famous plum garden, opened about fourteen years ago Yoong. The decorations are almost incredibly elaborate, and are in ex: client taste.
On September 1 Mr. and Mrs. Yoong: received the congratulations lof their relatives and closest friends fond on the 2nd and Sed.
Fecoptions were held, all day' tong. Before twelve o'clock on September 2nd, 9,000 guests had been received, land' they continued to flock in all day long. 'The arduous duty of welcoming the guests is, shared by the sons and daughters of the house, who are proxies for their parents large part of the time. The display lof silver ornaments, gorgeous broideries and hand' painted scrolls, jas well as the hundreds of written scrolls, is most imposing.
With indications that incidents of 'a graver nature ware possible, the authorities have take ial steps to check incipient Router.
Hankow, Sept. 12.
Due to effective control by the
"bloody groups', the situation in it the activities of Hankow "is on the whole very calm, While the approach of September 18, the first anniversary of the You can call the conter Peking, Sept. 7, Tre Palace Museum has sent a Netter in reply to the "various rumours. in eireolation about its ftrensures, which "culminated La: week inthe action of a group Yenching ud Tsing "Hua pro-esters in addressing an open letter {to the leaders of the National Government requesting that. immediate faction be. taken to prevent. the removal of the treasures from Peking.
First, taking up the case of the sale of gold articles, which came in for criticism at a meeting of the Palace Museum Investigating Come mittee of the Peking Political Coun: cil last' week, the Museum says that the sale" was carried out in pul suance of a standing order from the National "Government that the Museum can dispose of things which. possess no cultural value or interest, Jand- devote the proceeds tothe endowment fund of the institution, Referring to the rumours that the: treasures of the museum would be shortly removed from Peking or had. een mortgaged to. foreigners, the museum regrets that such rumours should have arisen, since the museum has taken only the neces ary precautionary measures lof the serious diplomatic sit The letter admits that some more important and. valuable Ferenures have been packed in wooden teases, but only as a precautionary.
Five additional members were, appointed to the committee for the investigation of the Palace Museum tata meeting of the Peking Political Council held this morning. Theyt include General "Men Chih-chung, Mr. Liu Chen and Dr. Chiang Mon-
Mukden affair, has been causing stir among radical and. ultras patriotic elements, it, is. expected That the local authorities will exer-Jeise strict precautions in order to, prevent the situation getting out of Canton, Sept. 12, Representatives of the Tangpw and other public organisations are: meeting daily in order to arrange programme of demonstration on th Mukden "incident anniversary. on September 18. "The students? bodies fare planning to hold a mass. meet onthe day in order to. carry. fowt a" huge anti-Japanese demon= stration.
While the Jocal Chinese authori ties profess their inability ty supe press various patriotic' muctings fies profess: their inability for suppress various patriotic' meets ings and parades on the day, they pledged. themselves. to, take neces sary measures should the movement Aovelop into an legal and. dane gerous situation—Press Union. nts of a bottle by any said, "It we are all willing, can it ie possible that you ave not willing." It Was a case of the Chinese proverb "the fow cannot oppose the many."
spite of the New Republiey the old Spar {and Chinese) customs: seem to prevail One day in conversation with Chinese. on two. occasions was asked where my own home. town was. T'replied that "England was The country from "which T hailed. Their reply in both cases, was "Ah, that ie the Place where "the ssu Accuracy of figures, either as "regards people or money, is quite 'TRAIN DERAILED ON THE, impossible, but, it is said' that Mr.
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