lo Call at Shanghai on Return from Hongkong Peking, Jan. 28, Sir Miles Lampson, the British Minister, leaves Peking next week to return "the visit of Sir Cecil Clementi, the Governor of Hong. kong. On his way His Excellency call at various treaty ports, it the Consuls and see the British communities. He expects to be absent from Peking for several weeks.
Jan, 81, As the British Minister, Sir Miles Lampson, and Mr. A. HLF. wardes, "the Deputy I General of the Chinese Customs, happened to be Peking for Shantung about the Same time, it is understood that they have now arranged to leave on Wednesday morning and, to travel together, in a special saldon, as far as Tsingtao, from which port. Mr. Edwardes will proceed to Shanghai while Sir Miles Lampson will embark on board Lil. M. sloop Foxglere en route to Hongkong, The British Minister will visit come of the smaller South China ports on his way to Hongkong but will not come to Shanghai, though he may visit that centre when on his way back to Peking.
Sir Miles Lampson's trip South China is not connected with any revision of the Chinese customs Reuter Iéarns from a very re-able source that there is no question of a resumption of the Interna. tional Tariff Conference and that, despite reports to the contrary, the Peking Government will not appoint Mr. A. H, F. Edwardes Inspector General of the Chinese Maritime Gastoms, at least not until his re-thru from South China.
In an interview accorded to Reuter's representative, Mr. Edwardes said that he would probably be absent from. Peking for about a fortnight, He hoped to discuss var-fous questions concerning the tariff with the authorities in South China fon the basis of the proposals he Mr. F. W, Maze, the Commissi in 'Shanghai, "who is the senior official in the Customs Service and who is persona grata with' the Mr. Quo Tai-chi added that, contrary to the reports from Peking, Mr. Edwardes's forthcoming visit to Shanghai was at his own invitation, but was agreed to by the Nationalist Government because the latter desires that revision of the tariff should be based on terms mutually acceptable to North and South
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.