Chinese officials deny that there is any truth in the report of Viceroy Yuan Shih~ kai being to be sent to Canton, and to be replaced in Cnih!" by Choufu, the Governor of Shantung. ('This report was published only by tha pro-Japanese paper "'Tung-Wen Hu-Pao." The Editor). The presence of Yuan Shih-kai in Peking and his audience with the Empress Dowager were caused by the re-occupation of Moukden by the Russians, Wang We:
shaw has been appointed to be Comptroller-General of the ' Hupu (Treasury), and Natung to be a Minister of the Waiwupu,
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