Press Interview: Customs Conference Due in November Peking, May 1.
Mr. Yoshizawa, the Japanese Minister, after a recess of over 100 days, since he fractured his thigh while skating, to-day recommenced his regular interviews with press representatives in Peking.
In the course of the interview, the Japanese Minister said that he Kad recovered his health to such an extent that he thought he would be able to attend the Diplomatic Corps' meetings in three weeks and to call at the Waichiaopu about the middle of June.
As for the opening of the Customs special tariff conference, Mr. Yoshizawa stated, it might be ex-ceted that the conference would Ferhaps begin in November next, assuming that ratification by the French Government can be effected.
To that end preparations were now in progress, but there was no knowing as yet, Mr. Yoshizawa jaded, whether or' not questions Jother than that of the imposition of the 24 per cent. surtax would brought up for discussion Eastern News Agency.
The Tientsin Russian Monarch-lets Union has distributed proclamations among the Russian White refugees here as well as posting Jadvertisement hoardings, public places and other places in' the Rus-[sian Concession.
These bear a photograph of the Grand Duke Nicolai Nicolaieviteh, land the poster reads:—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.