Peking, June 23.
The former Vice-Minister of Fiance, Chung Shih-ming, who acted as Minister during the season of the recent fighting and who acknowledged himself Chang Tso-lin's agent in the Ministry, is finally in gaol after having been suecessively put under surveillance in his own house and released several times. From the slender funds available during his admistration of his office he refused to make any appropriations for legitimate purposes, but when his downfall came it transpired that he had handed more than two million dollars over to Chang Tso-lin's folk without getting receipts of any sort. In spite of a general knowledge of these facts Hsu Shih-chang once released the man in the hope that he would raise money for the president's office. The first demand upon him was for $100,000 to buy the good will of members of the Old Parliament. This demand he failed to meet, so the guards were again mounted at his door.
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