Peking, Jan. 18, AIL previous reports of tentative efforts by the Philippines authorities to prevent the sailing of the Norwegian str, Prada, with arms for the North are known here to be absolutely without founintion, since American officials in Manila have no right to question the character or destination of merchandise in transit, Local Chinese authorities say the delay at has been caused by the efforts of Nationalist agents to bribe the crew, which explanation generally accepted in the Legations, The shipment is from B: hemia vin Germany and consists of 40,000 rrifles—not_ 60,000 or 70,000 a3 re-
Sun Chuan fang, Neither the Czechs or the Nor woginns are parti to any argo agreement, wherefore thers is nothing irregular in the cole by them of arms to China, Manila, Jan. 16.
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