A conference of military representatives and members of the Chamber was held on Monday at the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, and it in said that there fare, in consequence, hopes of a sen-eral settlement in the near future, General Wu Kuang-hsing, Minister of War, General Chang Chung-chang, and General Wang, chief of staff to General Sun Chuan-fang, of Chekiang, were in attendance, General Wang intimated that, acting on instructions from chief, he had ordered cessation work at Lunghua Arenal, will close to-day. All the Chok troops, it is added, are to be with drawn' forthwith,
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