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...Negotiators. The Chinese negotiators at the conference will be C. T. Wang and W. W. Yen and they differ between themselves as to the course they should pursue. Both are for customs autonomy, but Wang wants it abruptly and Yen wants it gradually. They represent a more and less radical attitude, but there are elements more radical than either of them who are demanding customs autonomy and abolition of extraterritoriality at a stroke and no shilly-shallying with the powers...
...destroyed, nearly 10,000 people made homeless. Nobody was reported dead, but ten people were listed as missing, more than 100 injured and 50 children, separated during the fire from their parents, began a hectic search for their fathers and mothers. The damage was put at 3,500,000 yen...
...Emperor opened a relief subscription list with a donation of 5,000 yen. The Government and charity organizations distributed bread and rice, quilts and blankets. Next day, on the charred and chaotic wasteland, people began to build their rickety Japanese dwellings...
...first time in the history of music a full-length opera composed by an American, on a libretto written by an American, was produced in Europe. Fay-Yen-Fah ws the work, Monte Carlo the scene, Composer Joseph Redding, Poet Templeton Crocker (both of California) the Americans. In the Monte Carlo Opera House, which is not large, sat Mrs. Clans A. Spreckels of San Francisco, Lily Langtry, Yvonne-Printemps, the Duke of Connaught, the Count and Countess Vignal, Jean de Reszke, Lady Waterlow, Princess Radziwill and some 400 others. They listened to a score which is modern without eccentricity, melodious...
...cablegram to Yoshinao Kozai, President of the University, Mr. Rockefeller announced his decision to donate $1,600,000 (4,000,000 yen)† to aid in rebuilding and restocking the library. His letter continued: "This gift is made without condition. I shall appreciate it if you together with the chief librarian, Prof. M. Anasaki, and Dr. Takuma Dan will act as a committee of three with full power to disburse the fund. The distribution of the gift as between building and books I leave to the committee...