The member from Hupeh gave a most interesting report of a recent ference in Hankow on co-opera tion in famine prevention and economic development. This con-under the joint auspices 1a International Famine Relief Commission's Hupeh Committee and the Provincial Government. Nineteen counties sent dele-grates, and representatives of the people, the Government and the Famine Relief Commitice were able to confer together on questions of betterment, flood prevention and similar famine prevention enterprises. This ix the Arst effort which has been made to gain popular support for work of this nature jand its success demonstrates. the possibil The Com-ree ite other: constituent Committees to take the second afternoon of the conference the full Commission was received by the Chief Executive of China at his residence, and on behalf of China, in a few well chosen words, he expressed sincere ' apredation to the members for their Participation in this important work.
The officers and Executive Committee members elected for the Jcoming year were:—Chairman, Mr. M. T. Liang; Vice-Chairman, Mr.
Douglas Gray; secretary, Mr. W. H. Mallory; treasurers, Dr. ¥-T. [Tsur, Mr. J. B. Baker; Members, the "Rt. Rev. W. C. White; Mr.
V. Pan; Mr. David Z. T. Yui; Dr.
Yen; Mr. T. Watanabe: Mr, Service.
Jerant of $000,000 without which they would not fight. The aut! ities suggested that the merchants should comply with the request for the "loan" and agreed to accept re-Jceipts from the Yunnanese for this money as promissory notes redeemible at the next payment of ordin-Jary taxes. Thus the merchants, by making the "loan," ure really paying their next two years' taxes in Since ths inauguration of th Aseatury policy in connex veoperty of the Mand living in Canton, aald that the Kuomintang authorities have in-re than 4,000 Manchuud deeds, fined more than 1600 Jand-owners for into application for inspection, the money amounting to. over '$3,000, and declared more than 3,000' pieces of property confiscated The boatmen's strike in Konxmoon against additional taxation has ended. The authorities consented to postpone operation of the new imposts, Since Merch 6, the Canton-/Samshui Railway has been much interfered with by the heavy demands on its service for the transportation of the Yunnanese troops from Canton to Wuchow, Kuangsi, here another internecine war expected between Yunnanese sent by General Tang Chi-yao and those commanded by General Fan Shekshang, both of whom are Yunnan-lete.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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