Harbin, Mar. 24.
Though the CER. Tupan has] been back in Harbin some ten days, the Railway Board has so far not held a meeting, though there have been private discussions between the Chinese and Russian directors.
As to the actual date of Mr. Ma's departure for Moscow, there has. not been any announcement on his part, though a Mukden telegram has it that he is to leave on Aprit 1, and that the conference will open lon the 16th.
Another Mukden report is that ]Gen. Wan Fu-lin, Governor of Tsi-sillar, is to be replaced shortly by. Gen. Tang, a trusted henchman of the Kirin' Governor, Chang Tso-chiang, and that in future Kirin ilungkiang will work in close with each other, which hag not been the case in the past, This will be most satisfactory for all who live in these northern ferriter jes. As Gen. Wen does-not appear tobe on good terms with the Governor of Jehol province, which' is now an integral part of Manchuria, and adjacent to Tsitsil province, it is possible that in thi case the Mukden report is correct.
The Count de Martel, who will soon take up his new appointment, as French Ambassador to Tokyo, dat the same time as the Administrator, and spent some generally feted. Notwithstanding] the different reports appearing in the vernacular papers about the obactually came to have a general look round" and with no definite object in view. The French Mit ister had never previously been. Harbin, and thought it time to become personally acquainted with this town, which is daily growing' more important.
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