Cheng, has been appointed Pro Treasurer of Kiangsu.
Peking, January 13.
The Waiwapu has asked permission of the Throne to sign the Tientsin-Chinkiang Railway loan agreement. It appears that an agreement will also be reached with regard to the Soochow-Hangchow railway within the next few An edict makes Viceroy Tuan Fang of the Liangkiang Provinces and the Governors of Kiangsu and Chekiang jointly responsible for the restoration of peace in the territories north of the: Hangchow Bay, infested by the salt smogylers January 14.
General Kiang Kuei-ti has received orders to proceed at once with twenty regiments of the Peiyang army to the districts of Kashing and Haining, infested now by the salt smugglers, to restore order and peace there, This removal of troops is generally considered here to be not so mach a step rendered necessary on account of the salt smagglor movement, as taken by the Government in order to prevent riots, whic are feared in consequence of the intended signing of the Soochow-Hangchow rail-was loan.
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