Sent to Peking by Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang Peking, Aug. 27. try of Finance states that Marshal Sun Chuan-fang has remitted to Peking "the surplus Kinngsi salt funds."—Reuter, Ge. Sung Mei-chuan, chiot of staff to Gen, Lu Hsiang-ting, Tupan of Chekiang, has been appointed Director of the Nanking Military Supplies Department by Marshal Sun Chuan-fang. Gen, Sung passed through Shanghai on Sunday on his way to Nanking from Hangchow. to meet foreign domestic charges now being served thereby, the just claims of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway bondholders shall be met from such revenue before any new capital charge is placed on it.
The British Legation, in associa~ tion with the French and American Legations, is lodging a similar demand in regard to the Hukuang, Railway Loan. The Japanese Legation has also protested.—Reuter.
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