Rolling Stock Taken by Feng Vu-hsiang Recovered Nanking, Sept 26, It is officially announced to-day ab the Ministry of Railway General Sun Hung-chen, former Chairman of the Shantung Provineial Government and one of the right-hand men of Marshal Feng Yuwhsiang. has handed over more than 700 railway coaches to the Ministry.
When the Kuominchun retreated from Honan into Shensi and Kansu provinces, they held on the Honan border a number of coaches belonging tothe Peking-Hankow and Langhai railways. A part of the Kuominehwn, under the command of General Sun, Liang-chen, have recently returned to Honan from Shensi and "as a gesture of friendship towards the Central Government," Ceneral Son has issued instructions that the above 700 coaches be returned to the Ministry.
Formerly troops stationed along. the Lunghai railway collected mil tary surtax and carload surtax from the railway to defray part of their military expenses. At the second plenary session "of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Railways, vigorously opposed such fnregular practices. It is announced to-day at the Ministry that such surtaxes have been abolished on the Lunghai tine—Reuter. arrested and 1g held for in-aumes.
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