The Archive · 1928

Nanking Emissary in Peking

[Alleged Arrival of Nationalist YVice-Minister of Finance Peking, March 5.

According to reliable Chinese sources of information Mr. Cheng Hung-nien, Vice-Minister of Finance of the Nanking Government, arriv—red in Peking to-day quietly.

Mr. Cheng formerly worked with Mr. Liang Shih-yi.

In view of the latter's' recent apointment as Director of the Revenue Council (Shuiwuchu) concurrently with his post of Minister of Finance, it is believed that the Nanking Vice-Minister has come to discuss the Customs question and the possibility of an agreement in that connection between the North and the South—Reuter,

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