Exceptions are made in the case of those who are pursuing courses connected with national defence and the military, engineering and medical sciences, those who have attained a high scholastic standing, and those Who receive special recommendation from Chinese Legations and Embas-
The Chinese Government has instructed the: entire nation to vegetarian" from July 7 onw on the occasion of the first anniversary of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities. This order is in accord-with the Chinese custom of e ing mourning by abstaining fr meat.—Reuter,
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