The talk of reorganizing the present General—Headquarters and making Dr. Sun President of the Consolidated Government of China" hag been dropped for the time being.
General Shen Hung-ying, the Kuangsi commander, has. again come back to Dr. Sun on condi tion that he is appointed Commander-in-Chief in Kuangs Whether he will get this post not yot certain, but there is doubt that ho is after something more substantial and valuable thay the mere "commission and rank, Owing to the heavy taxation and the presence of bandit-troops lives I soaring in Kuang-'Along the: waterways, the cost of tung. "Rice and fire-wood are solling at figures unheard-of in the past. Poor grade rice commands a price of $7.00 per picul and firewood' $2.50 per picul.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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