Nanking, Nov. 28, It is learned from reliable sources that the Ministry of Communications will shortly forward official com: munications to the Great Northern and the Eastern Telegraph Compan ies announcing that their contracts Will not be renewed after December 80, 1930, and requesting the com-Panies to appoint delegates for the negotiation of new contracts with the National Government, It will be recalled that on October 80, an announcement was made by the "Ministry of" Communications that a special commission would be organized for the revision of China's international communications contracts. Subsequently, it was learned that the commission was organized for the sole purpose of revising the Gable contracts with the Great. Northern and the Eastern Telegraph Companies.
Although no official announcenien? kas been made, it is reliably report, ed that Mx, Chuan Chi-huan, Direc for-Geheral of Telegraph and Tole-hones of the Ministry of Communications, will be appointed chairman of the commission. The Minis-tay for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance will each have 8 representative on the commission. Mr. Wa Lana, a member of the Treaty Commission of the Foreign Office, and Mr, Cheng Lai, chief of the Accounting Department of the Finance Ministry, will represent the two ministries, The Government officials here indicate that. unless radical revisions ars made, the contracts will not ba ewed. The Ministry of Communications is floating $10,000,000 Communications Bonds, hoping that Part of the sum can be used, if necessary, for taking over the cable interests of the: two companies after
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