Tsingtao, May 27.
According to advices from Haichow, Mr. Brock, engineer-in-chief of the construction of a harbour in Haichow Bay, has suspended work and decided to return to Peking accompanied by his family. Mr. Brock states that the reason why he has suspended the work is due to the follows facts (1) Inasmuch as financial circles after the Great War have not yet! returned to a normal condition, the sales of bonds amounting to $10,000,000 to be issued on the Haichow-Luanfenghsien Railway for the expenses of the construction of a harbour in Haichow Bay have not been come up to expectation.
(2) Tsingtao and Weihaiwei being on the point of retrocession as a sequel to the Washington Conference, the argument prevails that it is premature to construct the proposed harbour in Haichow.
tern News Agency.
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