London, Jan, 17.
Financial elles are. not per~ turbed by the prospect of revenues being retained bythe. authorities North China. "They are of the opinion that the interest in Chie ese loans is a0 widespread be-{iwoen the Powers, including Japan, that it is fairly certain the North' China authorities will contribute their quota of the payment on interest.
Chinese loans are all steady Router, Total Revenues Retained Jan, 16, Japanese quarters express satisfac~ tion at the results' of the Tientsin conference which was concerned only with the settlement of local incidents, General Sung Choh-yuan apologist and promising to suppress anti Japanese activities by the Bith Division.
"The question of the salt, Customs and the railways were also discussed but Japanese acted only advisory capacity. The East Hopel situation did not enter into the dis cussions, probably being left for future and separate consideration.
According to rellable Chinese sources, the whole revenues of the salt administration and the North China railways are now being retained by the Hopel-Charhar Polltical Council, but Mr. Yin Ju-keng is being pald $250,000 a month from the salt revenue and $100,000 from the railway revenue, The position of the Customs is at present uncertain but strong rumours from Tientsin are to the effect that revenue from this source Is also. being retained, Trouble is reported to be brewing on the Charhar-Suiyuan border where the troops of Gen, Fu Tso-yi are preparing to resist any advance westwards of Manchoukuo forces.
¥in Clams Japanese Support Peiping, Jan, 14.
A claim that Major-General Tiagail, Assistant Chief-of-Staff of the Kwantung Army, who visited Tungchow this morning, wont there to express his support of the East Hope! Council was made by Mr. Yin Ju-keng, head of the rebel regime, in an interview with Reuter this aflornoon, Mr. Yin emphatically denied that the fate of his' Council' would be discussed dur Ing the forthcoming Sino-Japanese negotiations at Tientsin. He also announced that the Peiping-Mukden Railway would pay him $100.000 month in return for the abolition of the commission established by his Council to supervise the section of the Tine that runs through the d militarized zone.
Accompanied by Major Imal, the Japanese Military Attache here, Major-General Hagaki left by road this morning for Tungchow, the seat of the rebel administration, to confer with Mr. 'Yin Juckeng. It was gon-erally assumed' here that he carried with him proposals concerning the abolition of the East Hopel regime, to. which Gen, Sung Cheh-yuan, chairman of the Hopel-Charhar Political Council, was said to have agreed, Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan left Peiping fat 4.30 this afternoon ina. special train, bound for Tientsin, where he will' confer with Major-General Dolhara, of the Kwantung Army. Major-General Htagak! and Gen. Hisi Cheng-yin, Mayor of Tientsin, will participate in the conference, which Is expected to begin to-morrow.
Nothing has yet leaked out concerning the meeting held here yesterday between Gen. Sung and ping. One of the conditions for the proposed amalgamation was the inclusion of Mr. Yin Ju-keng, the rebel loader, in the joint body. The alleged Intention of the East Hopel regime to recognise Manchoukuo is regarded an obstacle to an agreement. Developments now depend on the out come of the Sino-Japanese negoti tions here.
The Japanese press asserts that amalgamation of the East Hopel and Hopei-Charhar councils in the early future is exceedingly unlikely. It declares that East Hopel must strive for real. self-government and. the Hopel-Charhar Council" follow its example, after which amalgamation of the two bodies would be practicable.
Gen. Hsiao Chang-ying, interviewed }to-night, expressed optimism coneern-Ing the outcome of the Sino-Japanese negotiations, and declared that concrete results could be expected next week. "He pointed out that the return of Major-General Dolhara to Tientsin was a favourable sign, because, prior to his recent departure for Chanigebun, the slated he would not return unless the Kwantung Army leaders were favourably disposed towards his proposals.
Gen. Hsiao also stated that the Taku and Ciaoyangmen incidents were at present hampering the negotiations but he hoped the Japanese eiicials would not show an unreasonable dis position, Charhar issues, he added. would hot be taken up during the present diseussions.—Reuter.
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