I am informed on good authority that as the contract for the Tientsin-
Pukou trunk line between the Anglo-German Syndicate and the Chinese Foreign Office is the best China has ever made with for ers, the muddle over the Soohangoing railway loan is sure to be settled before long upon the same basis. The negotiations are now carried on by T.E. Wang Ta-hsieh and Shéog Hsian-huai without HE. Liang Tun-yen, Acting Junior Vice-President of the Waiwupu.
The true reason for the suspension of the order to send the Peiyang army corps to Chekiang, to put down the Fiots, was a memorial from Viceroy Toan Fang, who states that to send northern troops to suppress. southern disturbances would only increase the excitement of the people in South China, because northerners and southerners cannot agree.
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