Tokyo, May 1.
Prince Chichibu, brother of Emperor Hirohito, will leave for Manchoukuo before the end of the month to extent formal congratulations to Emperor Kang Teh as ruler of the new Empire, it was authoritatively learner! here to-day.
Following a conference yester in the Ministry of the "Imperial Household, the Government has Jdecided to request Imperial sanction of the trip. The royal envoy will leave Tokyo on or about May 20 for Dairen from where he will proceed to Changehun.
It was also learned that Prince Chichibu will inspect part of the Imperial Army in Manchuria before returning to Japan—United Press.
Some hundreds of loads of opium passed here on the way to Hunan or Kuangsi by way of Kweiyang recent ly. 'There is plenty more to follow, it weather permits the present crop'
gathered. Yesterday in a valley, far below the level of the city, we saw poppy in bloom,
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