'A Peking telegram says that the amount of the Internal Loan will be increased by $8,000,000, the interest on which, $480,000, for the first year will be raised guaranteed by the two Mini of Finance and Communications. It is proposed to cover this interest by the Customs at Shahukou and Fengyang each depositing 40,000 per month into the two Government banks. The capital will be secured, as before, by the surplus from the profit made on the Peking-Hankow Railway. The question has been referred to the Tsang-cheng yuan for discussion.
'A Canton telegram reports that the Ministry of War has sanctioned the payment of $30,000 per month to the Canton Arsenal, which is thus treated in the same way as the Shanghai Arsenal. But as the demand for arms in the province of Kuangtung is more urgent, General Lung Chi-kuang hi authorized the transfer of $20,000 month from the extraordinat i tary expenditure account as a urther help to the Arsenal.
A Hongkong telegram states that the Chinese Chamber of Commerce there has held meetings to protest against General Lung Chi-kuang's action in treating the "Kunghopao" and other publications in Hongkong as rebel organs. The Chamber has decided to submit a petition to the General, explaining to him the innocent character of the ""Kunghopao", and to send a deputy to see and assure the Hongkong authorities that the newspaper is a bona fide Chinese publication.
Suppression of Crimes, The Consular Body has been busy in planning the suppression of crimes in the Settlement. It is believed that most of the robbers here were deserters from the army during the revolution or disbanded troops. Hard pressed by cold and hunger, and emboldened by their consciousness of being well-armed, these desperate men have turned into burglars and robbers. To safeguard the peace and order of the Settlement, the Consular Body has considered' it necessary to make
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