The Central decided upon the abolition of the Pei ping Political Affairs Adjustment Committee, generally referred to in the press as the Peiping Political Councit, from the end of this month. The reasons given for this ection are:—Political conditions in North China are less complicated than three years ago, when the Council was created, and there is no longer any call for the maintenance of the Special administrative depariment; the abolition of the Council is in accordance with the Government's Felrenchment policy.
Tis understood that the decision was reached following the recent Visit here of Gen. Huang Fu, Chairman of "the Peiping Political Council, and Mr. Wang Keh-min, the acting Chairman, and was approved bby the Central authorities yesterday.
'Mr. Wang Keh-min returned here this morning and, according to well informed circles, proceeded straight to the Council's' offices and ordered that the affairs of the Council be wound up. He declined to make any comment concerning the abolition of the Council.
Concerning a report that a Sino-Japanese Association was' being formed for the purpose of developing North China, Mr, Wang said the Chinese authorities would welcome the Support of such a body. He added that he had urged Gen, Ho Ying-chin, Minister of War, and concurrently chairman of the Peiping Branch Military Council, to return to Peiping, but the General had ex. prosed his inability to leave for the northern city immediately.
Mr, Wang said he had three lengthy interviews in Nanking with Mr. Wang-wei, in which a conerete plan drawn up by the Government con= cerning North China was explained to him in detail. He declared that this plan covered all fields, but he Fefused to lisclom its chararter—Reuter,
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