Peking, Jan. 30.
The money shortage in Peking is again acute. The government. under the present Premier is bein, starved for funds by his political rivals who will render no assistance in making provision for immediate needs and for the prospective needs of the New Year sasan. The clamour after foreign: money is, therefore, loud and persistent. A further' instalment of the Wine and Tobacco Loan is: urgently demanded and the Ministry of Finance, represented in this matter by Mr. P'an Fu, is: storming the British and American Legations in an almost tearful appeal for assent to a Consortium advance of £5,000,000, In this campaign Premier Chin is represented in a golden light. He is the champion of Allied interests as opposed to Japanese monopoly in China: he represents the American and British influence in the Government, he is all but: their agent, and yet his Government is left to. starve! Actually, what claim he has to represent British or American interests it: would be difficult to define.
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