Marseilles, July 25.
The Ananeial situation in China is mainly dependent on the " situation in North China and the maintenance 9f peace there, Sir Frederick Leith-Ross declared on his arrival here yesterday in the P. & O. 85. Rawalindi from Shanghai Sir Frederick added that the Naning Government had worked tremely hard to straighten out the economic and financial conditions China and that the process could even more accentuated if private capital from abroad were invested n-China to aid in the development of various enterprises.
major reform in the Customs of China is necessary, added Sit Frederick, and he mentioned that it should consist of the lowering the import and export duties and the effective suppression of smuggling. In the latter respect, hie stated, the Chinese Government had. taken strong measures "including the application of the death - penalty.—- Havas,
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