Peking, April 20.
Is has been known for some days that Minister of Finance Chow Tzechi was ill, but it. was generally assumed that his debility "was political rather than physical. It" now transpires that Mr. Chow is really very ill, his symptoms being described by Chinese friends as blood-spitting and excessive perspiration, both of which have always figured largely in the petitions of officials afflicted with a sudden desire to escape from the political arena, but which are undoubtedly genuine in Mr. Chow's case.
The Minister of Finance has been ill for two weeks and it is reported that his resignation is now final and irrevocable. His loss to the Peking Government is serious because he reflected nearly all the glory upon it which it enjoyed through his gen-nine efforts to improve financial conditions, not only for the Government but for the people at large as well. The seriousness of his
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