AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
[IINITID PRKfli AiJOCUTION. 1 (Received S.oO a.m.) Peking, May 8. The city of Cbeng-tu lias assumed its independence without a formal declaration. (Cheug-tu, or Gbeng-.tu Bfu, is the capital of the province of Sze-Chuen, China. It is situate in the centre of a rich plain artificially irrigated by branches of the Min and To, and is the seat of a largo silk trade ami ji vci;v busy commercial town. It is of historical 'interest that the inhabitants were almost destroyed in 1644 by Chang Hsien-chang, who made himself Emperor of the West. The population is about 1,000,000).
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 9 May 1916, Page 6
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100AFFAIRS IN CHINA. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 9 May 1916, Page 6
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