Peking, Feb. 15.
Formal notice has been given by the Diplomatic Body that it refuses to release any accumulated or future Customs surplus while objection.is made by the Central Government, which is the only recognized government in China.
The Diplomatic Body was on the point of agreeing to the release when instructions were received from a certain Government objecting on the above grounds.
Canton representatives here hope that all misapprehension on the point will be cleared away, and that funds, allocated by the Canton Government, may be available for special purposes, namely, for the Kuangtung Conservancy, the Southwestern University, {the Chinese Department of the Lyons University, road-building, and also $250,000 for northern famine relief.
The Canton Government has already outlined the above to Sir Francis Aglen, Inspector-General of Customs.
Wasurnaton THe SrumsinG-BLock.
Peking, Feb. 15.
The American Legation has received instructions from the State Department at Washington with regard to accumulated and' future Customs surpluses, which state that the old form of procedure must be followed, namely: that such funds only be allocated in accordance with the desires of the recognized Government of China.—Reuter.
Peking, Feb. 15.
An unsuccessful attempt has been made to assassinate Tan Hao-min, Tuchun of Kuangsi.—Reuter.
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