Opposition Diminishing Owing to Promise of Salaries for Poor M.P.'s Prox Ocn OWN ConuesPoxnenT, Peking, Aug. 13.
The attitude of the Parliamentary groups composing the opposition to the election of Dr. W. W. Yon as Premier ix now being clarified. Many of them say frankly they are willing to sell their support for the arrears of their Parliamentary salaries; and if they get the money they are strong enough, Tun stand, to swing the scales in favour of the Premier-Designate when the nomination at long vote.
The' indigent among the leannot let Dr. Yen have their vot for nothing. 'They have to live their Parliamentary salaries, and when they are' not paid they have to makeshift as best they jcan, If their votes are wanted, the are in clover; if not, they go begging. Pay days are' dependent on these occasions when their support solicited. In these eire the merits or demerits of tion are the last consi tion, the poor Chinese M.P. regarding sit mud in the same light as the whig lector in the days of the British rotten borough system who, being a man of principle, charged the 'Tory candidate £5 for his vote and the whig candidate £3. If the Gov-eynment party can serape together enough money to pay the M: few months' salary, there is no oom to doubt Dr. Yen's eventual lection. And there is little doubt now. that the money will be forth-
Cantox, Aug. 15—The Central Bank of Canton, as scheduled, open-fed its business fo-day and issued its $1, $5, $10, $50 and $100 notes—Eastern News Agency.
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