Berlin, Aug. 13.
In order to improve the price at} which the German' 1927 loan is quoted, the Minister of Finance has decided to raise the rate of interest on it from five to six per cent., this be effective retrospective to August 1 and to continue until July Reriyine to a question in the! House of Commons, Sir L. Worthington-Evans stated that there are, approximately, 2,700 Section "A" Reservists now serving in China who fare due to return this trooping season, though fine of this number may voluntecr'to remain. in -Army service in Ckjna. "Apart from the Section "A" Reservists, approximately 1,000 men will be sent back from China for discharge during the current financial year, if the troops remain in China beyond-that date.
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