The ancial authorities' he earned from well-informed qi ters, have decided to introduce the "big dollar" system in Canton as. from September 1. The change will begin with the "payment of Government salaries in national currency and then the collection of taxes on the "big dollar" basis.—Reuter, generally known, he received after this conference, 'a decoration from the then Emperor of Germany. Dr, Lim at that time held the position, appointment given to him by his old friend, Dr, Sun Yat-sen, of Chief Medical Adviser to the Chinese Republic. "He received, while the vessel was loading fu the roads of Penang an urgent telegram recalling him back to China at once, plague was ravaging Manchuria and held it in a deadly grip.
Mrs, Lim accompanied him. She wished to see the coronation festivities in London, of King Edward VII, which were arranged to be held that summer. She may have had something to do with the matter, at any rate it was settled, in a few hours, that Dr. Wu should abandon - his practice in Penang and take the first steamship to China to take Dr, Lim's place in that grim fight with' death that had to be waged in the villages and cities of Manchuria, Dr. and Mrs, Lim proceeded to Europe and both were present at Westminster Abbey during the Coroation Service. Dr. Wu had been Jerked from his easy life in Penang. to wrestle with rats, fleas, plague. to find fame, in the wastes of the Northeast, London will probably soon see another coronation. Would It not be advisable for the powers of Nanking fo send Dr. Lim again to represent 'China at that event? He was present in London, at the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, sent by the Straits' Setilements and again at the Coronation of King Edward VII. What more fitting a man has China to represent it on this occasion than one whose life has embraced a period extending, from Queen Victoria to her great grandson, King Edward, who has al-Ready twice attended similar func-tons in London, and one of the few remaining sturdy old wrestlers who} helped to make China a Republic.
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