Last Wednesday when the excitement here reached its climax, the steamer Tung Ti arrived in' ort! under mysterious circumstances, Abgard were more than a score of officers. members of Wu Peldfu's transportation bureau, among whom was Lin Tse-tsing, Chief of the Finance Department in Honan. - Ten thousand bags of foreign flour and and large quantities of coal and charcoal wore in the hold, in nddition to a large number of rifles and [considerable ammuniti As soon as the vessel approached the wharf it was boarded by har-Dour" police, as its action had been regarded with suspicion, ficers were arrested and' the euro The men were sent to Tsinan for examination.
The appearance of thir vessel here with Wu Pei-fu officers an supplies aboard strengthened the theory that the Loyang warlord was coming here. hirtese, American and Japanese linen-of-war Promontory but no trace of Wu Po fu's approach was found.
Following a run on the Tsingtao City Bank the doors of that tion were closed and a soldier quai was placed over it. Governor Wan expects to restore its credit and rehabilitate its finances within a few days. Its affairs are not thought to, in bad shape. It is significant that Mr. 1. C. Kuo, Director of Affairs in Governor Kao's feisiristatien trid" cooprossty Marrager of the City Bank, has been. retained by the new Tupan, He was considered to be one of the ablest men of the old regime, There have not been the wholesale changes in the administration that were anticipated. Most of the under-officials have been retained, Most of the higher officials have been replaced, however.
Mr. D. Y. Lin, Chief of the Bureau fof Agriculture and Forestry, who was the only holdover from the previous Hsiung Ping-chi regime, still retains office and it is the sincere hope of the foreign and Chinese communities that he will be continued as director of this important bureau, the proper administration of which means so much toward preserving the shaded, tree-ined streets and wooded preserves and parks of this city.
There are constantly recurring reports that Admiral Wen Shih-teh soon will be appointed Governor Kiaochow Territory. The admiral has made Tsingtao his headquarters since his squadron proceeded here from Camton last winter. Ho has 2 regiment of marines und hundreds Jor sailors here, besides three men-Jof-war, with m likelihood of more return ime to, this base in the near future, His accession to. the Tu-manship would mean the replacing of Governor Wang, who now holds the once concurrently: with his military command
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