Major Hilton Johnson Suggested In connexion with the Powers' decision to control the Chinese Railway Police, a telegram from the ""Stnwanpao's" London office states that the British Government is dissatisfied with the appointment of General Munthe, a Norwegian, as adviser to the forde. Great Britain instead suggests the appointment of Major A. H. Hilton-Johnson, Assistant Commissioner of Police in Shanghai. "If he should decline to accept the offer," the telegram goes on, "Brig.-Gen. D. Bruce '(formerly Captain Superintendent of Policw bene) will be asked to do so. Nothing has yet been decided, however, and an American citizen may be invited to take up the post. It is. believed that no one will actually be chosen for the time being. All tha districts through which the railways pass will be placed under the jurisdiction of the railway police."
Completa' ignorance as tp whether Major Hilton Johnson had acespted the post was. expressed in official quarters on Tues. day. Major milton Johnson went on a month's leave on Monday and is not believed to have seen the foregoing in the Peking, July 25.
General Munthé, who had returned here after completing his inspection of all the railways concerned, yesterday submitted his report and memorandum to the Ministry of Communications concerning the formation of nards for the railways.—Eaetern News Agency.
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