Mr. Ma Liang, 99 Years Old Hiistalled ili Post Tinan, Mar. 5.
Mr. Ma Liang, who at 99 years of age is the oldest living official of the defithct Manchu dynasty, was to-day fotmally installed ds Governor of Shantung.
Still halë atid hearty, Mr. Ma Liang is widely known in China as a capable official a Chinese and Loti scholar, a linguist, and one of the country's leading educationalists. During the days of the Ching dynasty, he served as secretary in Chinese Legations in Japan and various European countries. During the Republic, Mr. Liang first served as Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Kiangsu and in 1913 became President of the Peking University.
Mr. Ma Liang is well known in Shanghai, where he founded the Aurora and Fuhtan Universities. His best known work is the monumental "History of Spiritualism.'—Domei.
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