It has been decided to establish a mint in Shanghai to be under the direct control of the Currency Bureau in Peking.
In view of the opposition from the various sources, it is report that negotiations over the Wine and Tobacco Loan are being suspended.
Tt has been reported that Japan, following on the ratification of the German Treaty of Peace, will assume the administration of their rights in Shantung. As no official notice has yet been served on Peking, the Government proposes remain non-committal.
Following some arbitration, the old and new Parliaments have both consented to make mutual concessions. As soon as the old one suspends its enactment of the permanent Constitution, the question will be settled.
A meeting was held by the Joint Bureau of the General Staff and the Ministry of War to devise means of defending the border. In view of the crisis at Manchuli Station and Charkutu, it was decided to ask the three Eastern Provinces to despatch their Border Defence Forces to the scene.
Prince Chuan Mo of Tsinghai, accompanied by Tibetan lamas, is on his way to Peking. Tuchun Chen Shu-fang has informed Peking of his trip and asked that every courtesy be extended to him. In view of the importance of the Tibetan question and the fact that the Prince's coming will be of material benefit to the settlement, the Government till depute a special commission to entertain him.—Chung Foo News Agency.
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