Nanking, Jan, 13.
While official circles believe that the fundamental solution for the present silver market lies in the restoration of peace in the country and the free movement of goods and money, the Ministry of industry, Commerce and Labour, in a ministerial order issued last night to the Shanghai Gold Bar Exchange, at the same time, instructs that reckless speculation must be topped so as not to upset the market further.
"The original purpose of the Gold Bar Exchange," points out the order, "was to facilitate the maintenance. of a state of equilibrim in the market as well as to Promote commerce, and any mani-palation of the Exchange for the Purpose of upsetting the market not only runs counter to the purpose thereof, but also constitutes a violation of the country's Law and must, therefore, be strictly pro hibited."
In another telegram addressed jointly to the Shanghai Office of the "Ministry, the Social Affairs Bureau of the Special Municipality and the Bankers' Association, Ministry instructs them to appropriate local measures to assist the Central Government in coping with the situation—Kuo Min,
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