By order of the President:—
The Sale of Loan Bonds in Shanghai.
Liang Chih-chao, President of the Currency Reform Bureau, having repeatedly requested—permission to resign in very earnest terms, hereby permitted to relinquish his present post.
Referring to a memorial from the Ministry of Finance, requesting the bestowal of some honours upon persons for their service in connexion with obtaining subscriptions for the Internal Loan at Shanghai, ete. The subscriptions received Shanghai on account of the Internal Loan of this year aggregated very large amount, and, as repor' ed by the said Ministry, this grati fying result was not achieved without true devotion to the national welfare on the part of persons who handled the sale of loan bonds. Their effort is much appreciated by us. Chou Chin-piao and Pei Jen-yuan are hereby each given the Chiaho Decoration of the 3rd class; Chu Fang-kan is given the same decoration of the 5th class; Lu Peh-
Telegraphic News from Peking. 1g, Vice-Minister of ursa, is conducting negotiations with Mr. Hioki, Japssese Minister, in respect of the appointment of " Commissioner of Customs at Teingtao by the Chinese Government. There is good ground for hoping than an amicable solution of this question will be reached.
The Japanese Minister, in sponse to the Waichiaopu's protest against the construction by the Japanese of a telegraph line from Lungkow to Kaomi, haa replied that as the said line has not yet been constructed, he will confer with the Foreign Ministry on the matter later on.
In official circles, it is believed that General Wang Shi-cheng, the senior director at the Generalis simo's Office, will shortly act as Chief of the General Staff, Lieut.- General Chen Huai, Vice-Chief and the present Acting Chief, will appointed to s province as Civil Governor, and Lieut-General Tang Tsai-li will succeed him as Vice-
Chief of the General Staff.
A telegram from the Governor of Kueichow reports that forty li of telegraph lines in the Weining district have been cut by bandits and
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