Canton, Sept. 17.
Indignant at the recent action of the British men-of-war at Wanhsien, anton Government has' decided to hold a meeting to-morrow of the Central Section of the Kuomintang Party and various influential bodies in order to organize an "Anti-British Boycott Committee of Various Unions" and to enforce a stricter boycott. It is noteworthy that the Central Seetion of the Kuomintang Party will play the principal part in an anti-British boycott, whereas the previous boycott was carried out in the fornr of free action of labourers under the name of General Labour Union.—Toho. to transport troops to Marshal Wu Pei-fu's cusistance over the Lung-hat Railway.—Reuter.
$1,300,000 Collected for Mid-Autumn'
Festival Peking, Sept. 20.
The Ministry of Finance has' altogether collected a sum of §1,300,- 000 to tide over the Mid-Autumn Festival. The sources of the above sum are as follows:—(1) $500,000) from the Austrian loan; (2) $300,- 000 from the Chihli Conservan Bureau; (3) $200,000 from the Shut. wee hu; and (4) $200,000 secured Ly, the Ministry itself. Of the Treasury Fonds, $400,000 have already been allocated to Marshal Wa Pei-fu, $600,000 to General Chang Hsueh: liang, $600,000 to General Chang Chung-chang, $250,000 tothe Ministry of the Navy, $100,000 to. the Foreign Ministry, and $200,000 for the Diplomatic services abroad, while the rest will be allocated to the War Ministry—Kuo Wen.
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