While there was some effort the part of the Chinese to give this toa party the appearance and significance of a conference, includ: ing a display of the full'secretariat taking notes, it was pointed out on behalf of the foreign. delegates that they had attended only on the understanding that it was purely 2 private gathering and that it was entirely out of question for such meeting to take decisions regard: ing. the affairs of the conference.
This throws an entirely new light Jon Admiral Teal Ting-kan's party, which has hitherto been consistent misrepresented in Chinese circles, demonstrating that an attempt wat "made to trick the foreigners into the conversion of a social affair into a formal session of the conference and that the results of this trap setting were deliberately misrepresented, since the foreign delegations promised nothing, but, hiered to. the pronouncement that when China was in a position 50, they would be ready to negotiate interpreting "in a. position" mean not ready, but fit.
'a representative of the Kuomin Republican forces in the northwestern districts, while the Canton Government has come to the conclusion to appoint General Feng as a member of its military committee.
It is reported that General Feng will return home by the end of September next.—Toho.
Peking, Aug. 26.
Mr. Chow Tso-ming, President of the Kincheng Banking Corpora tion, was arrested this morning in accordance with Marshel Chang Chung-chang's orders, onthe ground that the bank had received deposits from Kuominchun sources
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