The Governor of Kiangsu has submitted by telegram three important points, to which he requests the Government to pay serious attention, in connexion with the restoration of the transport of tribute rice to Peking. (1) This is not a bumper year in any district; once free transport of rice is permitted, even well-supplied communities will have to face enhanced price on rice, and scarcity of food will make the people succumb the more easily to the temptations of the rebel party. (2) The constant movement of rice will cause great fluctuations in its price, to which the Government should fix a limit, (3) In the Commercial Treaty signed by Sheng Honan-huai, export of rice for abroad si be permissible in bumper years. Now that transport of tribute rice is allowed, foreigners will demand to be allowed to export rice. The Governor declares that he only wishes to draw the attention of the Government to these points, and he does not oppose the system. The Ministry of Home Affairs has sent him no reply, In reference to the impeachment by the Censorate against Liu Kuan-hairing, Minister of Marine, the most serious charge made t he has instructed his son to become the compradore of a foreign firm
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