and Suiywan Peking, Sept. 26.
General Yen Hsi-shan in an interview with Chinese news correspondents to-day declared that he had quite recovered from his recent illness.
Shansi, said General Yen, was tranquil and prosperous. the Charhar had been exterminated, but people in those areas needed relief, as they had frequently been overrun by soldiery in past years, and this had been followed by a drought. He anticipated that a railway from Paotowchen to Ninghsia would be constructed next year. This would find employment for numbers of people as well as lead to development of the northwest. Taxation, he went on, had been much reduced, id five army corps of the roup had been reorganized and duced to 12 divisions—Reuter.
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