Nanking, Apr. 23, 'The National Government announced to-day the appointment of five new Superintendents of Customs, namely, Messrs, 'Tang Hsiang-wel, 'Nanking; Chiao Yi-sheng, Chinkiang: {Hsi 'Ting-mo, Chinwangtao; Hsu Hung pin, Wenchow; and Liu' Hao-hsing, Tu answer to other questions, he said that Japanese opinion considered that the Franco-Soviet pact of mutual assistance enabled the Soviet to concentrate large forces in the Far East. 'The strained relations between Soviet Russia and Japan, he added, would be greatly eased by' a reduction of the Russian forces on the borders of In this connection, he stated, a certain section of Japanese opinion favoured an understanding has been suspended, with the departure from Yunnan of the Commission members, owing to the prevalfence of malaria, The work will be resumed on the termination of the pestilent period—Central News secret treaty between Japen and Germany.
Finally, he expressed doubts that Japanese' were implicated in the smuggling now prevalent in north China, pointing out that smuggling
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