Aug. 1.
Less than 300 of the Members of Parliament in Shangha, we understand, took advantage the advertisement which ap peared in the Chinese press celling upon all M. P.'s to proceed to the Preparatory Office for the Removal of Parliament to Shanghai and receive $150 each, their salaries for the month of August. As the advertisement expressly stated that those who called after two o'clock would receive no pay, there was a brisk business in the forenoon, but a few were paid after the specified hour.
Only 14 new members arrived on Tuesday and had their names" registered in the Preparatory Office.
At a meeting held on Tuesday the executive committee decided that gradual. steps should be
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