Sir Frederic Dreyer to Be Guest of H.M. Minister Peking. Sept. 17.
Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, will visit Peking on Tuesday, September 25.
The Admiral, who will be accompanied by Lady Dreyer, will be the Guest of the British Minister and Lady Theodosia Cadogan at the British: Legation.
Lieut-Commander Tours, with Mrs Tours, will accompany the Admiral and two other naval officers are expected, Sir Alexander will later leave Peking for a visit to the South.
The Minister will proceed to Nan~ king by train from Peking and will make a brief stay at the capital before resuming his journey.
From Nanking he will sail for the South, calling at Foochow, Amoy, and Swatow on the way. This will bbe his first official visit to these porte, He will then visit Canton and Hongkong, after which he will return to the North, sailing direct 0 Shanghai, where he will break his journey.
Following his visit to Shanghai, he will leave for Peking, arriving back here about the middle of December.
The party will leave Peking on October, 2, and, while here, will be the guests at "several functions [arranged in their honour.
The first of these will be a dinner fat the British Legation, to which [Chinese officials will be invited, and the second a dinner attended by diplomats.
Admiral Dreyer was to have paid visit to Peking in June last but was unable to come owing to the fun~ eral of Admiral Togo, Japan's famous naval hero, which he attended as the representative of the British government.
This will be Admiral Dreyer's second visit, as he came here last year as the quest of Sir Miles Lampson, then British Minister to China.
Earlier this year Sir Alexander and Lady Theodosia Cadogan were the guests of Admiral Dreyer or board: the cruiser Suffolk at Wei-
Statistics compiled by the Bureau Nanking, Sept 17. of Social Affairs of the Nanking! Municipal Government, reveal that there were 51 divorce cases in the Capital last year. Seventy per cent.
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