"outsin, Dec, 9.
Martial law was declared Tientsin last night, as a result of bombing outrages "on the quarters of Merchants' National [Salvation Society ard two or three Jother buildings believed to be the [freed from blackmail and terrorism the illegal bodies, and the! present incident~is surmised to be in reprisal for past maltreatment, Peking, Dec. 11, When next summer comes, king residents will have an oppartunity of swimming in the Chung Hai and Nan. Hai, or the Central id Southern-Lakes of what was the Presidential Palace and before that the Imperial Winter Palace. Construction work has started. on a swimming pool which it is expect ed will be completed by next May the latest. The pool, which is
of the Peking Municipal Governing built under the Joint auspices ment and a number of local mor-chants, is 60 feet by 170 feet-and the total coat of construction estimated -at $60,000. Two deep—Reuter, wells will be dug to provide water.
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