The Diplomatic Body has caused an. unofficial intimation to be conveyed to Dr. Sun Yat-sen that, the Powers will not permit any interference on his part with, the Kuangtung revenues of the Maritime Customs, following. his threat some weeks ago.
It will be remembered that, in 1919 and 1920 the question arose of returning to Kuangtung a portion of the Customs revenues, ®ased on a 13/17 percentage of the accumulated surplus. The state of warfare between Peking and Canton had then ceased. All foreign obligations having been fully met it was held to. be a matter for arrangement between the Central Government and Kuangtung. The surplus in those years was large Owing to the price of silver, but it was only out. of the actual surplus that the allocation was made. One of the arguments used then was that such an allocation would aid in bringing about reunification. Time is held to have taken the force out of that argument, The intimation is firm and clear and Dr. Sun Yat-sen will be faced with a serious situation if he attempts to carry out his threat.—Reuter.
Gen. Cheng Shih-chi, Lasi of Shantung, has ordered his officers to introduce the practice of making their troops carry out- d: 8 ent forms of labour and to teach them manual crafts as " part of their daily routine, reports the "Eastern Times." Ges hong 18 new Military Governor of Shantung, having been appointed two months ago when Gen. Tien Chung-yn, the former Tuchun, was cashiered for negligence - in connexion with the Lincheng affair. A commendable policy, if it is preparatory to a scheme -for. turning swords into plough-shares,
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