Interest in the Far East ron high throughout tha. closing session Congress, particularly during debate in the biggest peace-time Naval bill in American history, The question of placing the Philippines inside the American Paeifle defence line' and including the Phitippines permanent. ly in the American national economy ibereased American interest in the Orient, Temporary immediate enthusiasm for grant U.S. "Bowl of Rice"
Parties for Funds New York, June 10.
'Two thousand cities and towns in the United States today prepared for Friday night's "bowl of rice" dinners hoping to raise U.S.$1,000,000 for. China relief under the' sponsorship of the United Council for Civilian Relief headed by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt.
New York police intend to rope off Chinatown for a huge carnival: in which prominent New Yorke social
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