Peking, April 12.
Owing to the lack of Government funds various methods have been suggested for the payment of the Peking Gendarmerie. The police) themselves are suggesting a house-. to-house canvas in order to obtain their wages from householders. The Chinese gentry are also offer-j ing to raise the funds on condition that they control the police but the' Government, in spite of its need of money, does not want to see the control pass out of its hands.—j Reuter.
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