Nanking, May 6.
Dated Tuesday May 2, the Customs Authorities have issued "The: Provisional Yangtze Regulations of 1933" to come into force on May 15, "in revision of the Yangtze Re-now Minister to Belgtin, has bee Dr. Hsish Shou-kang, former Chi; ate ulations of 1898 which from the late noted are abrogated. The pur-
Awarded a first-class medal by King Albert for his services in promoting Sino-Belgian cultural understand ing, according to a report received here from the Chinese Legation in Belgium. Dr. Hsieh hes, "recently written in a book entitled "West and East."—Kuo Min, port of the regulations as revised appears to ie the strengthening of the hands of the preventive service with the view of bringing under control smuggling operations which have greatly increased since the raising of the tariff rates last August.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.