Lu Yung-hsiang, Tupan of Ché- kiang, left Tientsin by steamer for Korea on the 13th instant, according to a report from a reliable source. From there he will proceed to Mukden to confer with marshal Chang Tso-lin. Mr. Lu Shao-chia is accompanied by Mr. Chiang Teng-hsuan, a representative of Marshal Chang, states the Dah Tong News Bureau.
Accorpine to the "Eastern Times" the different provinces have sent $4,000,000 to Peking as funds for the presidential elections. The money has been deposited in a foreign bank and when the members of Parliament return to Peking and elect Tsao Kun president, the money will be distributed among them. It is stated that the presidential election will take place on October 10, China's anniversary day. With so much ready money waiting to be distributed one would have throught the election might take place much earlier than that.
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