under the auspices and protection of the militarists have suspended busi-hess since February 6. It appears that there are too many authorities trying to share the profit of this illegal traffic. To realize the extent of this traffic, it may' be mentioned that, at one time, @ syndicate was willing to offer $6,000,000 annually for the monopoly within Dr. Sun Yat-ten's jurisdiction, which' was practically the norther, ion Canton City. Nominally has control over more or foxx do 4 Tike, look Inge after their own interests: more Wan these of the Chinese, The new Aseroement ravi that Chinese maybe vis of depart ments of Railway wud in the case "of the not being x0, they shall be avait heads. AX most caulships of Departments are filled Ly competent Russians, it would not policy to change them, but one fancies on that the Rusalan management is not even allowing the Chinese assistant heads of Departments to have apy say fax not there ix a Russ or whom falls all the responsibility, There ix, however, not likely to Lo an effective change in the state of affairs unless the presentatives of the C.E.R. Board see that regular Board: Meetings fare held. Now they are few a1 far between owing to the Iwck of A quorum which required seven members to be present, though the total number including president, ix only nine, which allows in the whip hand in every,
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