Mr. S. R. Hawthorne Coming from Manila Ins. Samuel R. Hawthorne, Grand Master of Masons of the Philippine Islands, with a delegation of Philip-[pine Masons, will come to China in. the near future to visit the Masonic lodges of China. According to. the ollcials of the local Dollar Steamship Line, a party numbering about twenty members left Manila inthe s. President Cleveland.
Upon the arrival of the steamer at Hongkong on September 23, the party will pay an official visit to the Pearl River Lodge in Canton, which one of the four Masonic lodges China under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands, the other three being. in 'Shanghai, Nanking, and' Chengtu.
The ° party will continue their journey to Shanghai via the es. [President Cleveland, which will arrive on September 27, to be greeted by the members of the Shanghai Amity Lodge. On September 20. the Visitors "will leave for Nanking, where they will be guests of the Nanking Lodge. As no visit to China is complete without a view Jot the West Lake, a motor tour will be arranged from' Nanking to Hangchow. The fourth lodge in Chengtu, unfortunately, will have to be omitted from Grand Master Hawthorne's itinerary because of the distance,
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