It is reported in local mandarin circles that the Board of Government Affairs (Cheng Wu-ch'u) intends to engage qualified Advisers from Japan, with reference to the various reform measures to be introduced in the near future. In other words, it is intended to engage a high Fapaneso Military officer and several Subordinate rank to advise the Government on Army Reform, a gentleman from the Ministry of Finance as adviser to the Board of Revenue, and officers from the Japanese Gendarmerie, to advise on the new military policy to be organised in Poking and throughout the country.
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