Northern Commanders Asking Nanking for $1,000,000
Nanking, June 19.
Owing to the expenditure expected in connection with the Dragon Festival Day, Gon. Yen Is and Gen. Chiahg. Tso-ping graphed. to the Nationalist Governnent demanding a sum amounting $1,000,000, of which $600,000 is needed for the payment of rations of troops now stationed in Peking) and Tientsin, $200,000 for the main-_ tenance of onder in the same places; and the balance is for the requirements of Gen. Yen's headquarters—Kue Wen.
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