Nanking, Feb. 29, The Shanghai Chamber of Commerce has petitioned the Ministries Jof Industry and Foreign Affairs re~ questing revision of the Sino-German Commercial Treaty of 1928 and urging the Government to seek reduction Jot the German tariff on Imports of Chinese sik—Reuter, sidered by the Canton authorities or the Canton people. So far as he is aware, Mr, Li said, the Kwangtung Provincial Government has not considered the British expert's. sugges tion, and it is very unlikely the people of Kwangtung will approve My, Lisald that, whereas British Interests are seeking to nce the pro passed loop line as a means of drawing educts from regions along the Canton-Hankow Railway to the British leased territory of Kowloon, the Cantonese want to make Canton, instead of Kowloon, and eventually Hongkong, the distributing centre of rade and business in South China. The Cantonese want {0 see that trade remains in Canton and, if possible, to seek further enhancement of trade upon the completion of the new rail way connecting Canton with Hankow, "Central News, Canton, Feb. 29.
Renewed objections raised by the local Chinese authorlies against the award of the contract for the Canton-Hanol_streteh of the Shanghai to London alr mall and passenger service, " to China "National Aviation Corporation, has resulted in the discontinuation "of Mights from hhere to Hanoi pending settlement of, the dispute, "Tne trouble reached a the ONAS Bani plane, " which arrived here from, Shanghai on Thursday, was arrested [by the authorities, No explanation vas given by the authorities con-Jcerning their action at the: time, but the situation was cleared up this morning.
was announced to-day that the plane will return to Shanghai tomorrow. The Canton authorities, It fg slated, are demanding that. the Canton-Hanoi stretch of the route be handed over tothe Southwest JAviation Corporation, a purely Chinese-owned "concern operated and subsidised by the Government.
At the present time, this line operates a ramular service between Canton and "Nanning-Reuter,
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