Nanking, June 17.
Mr. Liang Hung-chih, President of the Executive Yuan of the "Reform: ed Government," sent Mr. Jen Yuan-tao, Minister of Public Security, to the Japanese Consulate-General today to express condolences to Mr. Tomokazu Hori, Japanese Consul-General, it the deaths of Mr. Tama-nichi Miyashita and Mr. Minosaku Funayama, Chancellors of the Consulate-General, who were victims of a mass poisoning at a Consulate banquet a week ago.
In an interview after the visit Mr. 5 Jen expressed gratitude for the services of Japanese Army surgeons and Dojinkai doctors whose prompt treatment saved the lives of a score of officials poisoned by atropine in Chinese wine. He paid a tribute to the sacrificing spirit of the two victims who attended to the needs of others first, delaying their own treatment until it was too late to save them.—Domei.
Ambassadors Call on whose whereabouts were not known, while athar members had left Shanghai, though their names still remained on the Society's roll.
During the year the Society had issued its fourth bulletin, under the title "Chins that Never Were," by G. Duncan Raeburn. This deals exhaustively with a large number of fake or spurious coins commonly on sale in China, but which were never issued from any mint, These have been made by and for dealers, and many of them have actually been listed in catalogues in England as America as genuine coins.
Tt was also reported the Bulletin No. 5 is now in the press. being printed serially by "The China Journal" It consists of an interesting paper by Mr. E. Kann on "The History of Minting in China" It will be ready for distribution in the autumn.
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