Peking, July 4.
The following officials have been appointed expert delegates to the Sino-Russian_ Conference Department: Gen. Kao Jen (appointed by the General Staff Office), Mr. Chang Hosi-keng (appointed by the Minister of Finance), and Mr. Yen Teh-ching (appointed by the Ministry of Communications).—Reuuter's Pacific Peking, July 6, The Ministry of Finance has inaugurated a department to deal with financial "questions which will come up for discussion at the forthcoming Sino-Russian Conference, Losses sustained by Chinese merchants through the depreciation in the value of the rouble and tariff matters are among the subjects to be submitted to the department, Mr. Cheng Hsi-keng, a member of the staff of the Ministry of Finance, probably be in control of the srtment—Reuter's Pacific Ser~
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