CHINA
AN INDEPENDENT CITY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. iPeking, May 8. The city of Cheugfu has assumed its independence, without formal declaration. (Which city the cable refers to is not quite clear. Clieng-te-fu (also known as Jehol) is 120 miles north-east of IPeking, and is the Emperor's summer residence. ClieHg-tu-fu is the capital of Sze-chuen proviice, in the centre of a rich, artificially irrigated plain; it is the seat of a large silk trade, and is an extremely busy commercial town. Its population .ii about 860,000,],
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 May 1916, Page 5
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