Severe Cuts in Emoluments Paid to Officials Sugar Smuggling' Dispute aes On Own Comesronoer Canton, Aug. 23.
In Nanning, Huang Shao-hsiung has performed @ masterful diplomatic stroke in gaining the confidence. of the rulers of Kwangsi in the goodwill of the rulers at Nanking. To keep on the good side of the local Teaders $450,000 will be the Kwangsi drawing allowance per month, as against the $300,000. which the' late Yeh Chi used to obtain.
Kwangsi had been impoverished by the stoppage of the stream of opium that comes out of Yunnan, the route having been altered so that it passes now through Kweichow and Hunan into Kwangtung. Huang Shao-hsiung has seen to it that part but all of the narcotic shall be routed through Kwangsi in the future so. that the province may regain some of Its lost tranalt fees.
As to General Li Chung-jen's as sumption to the post of Military Ad~ ministrator of Kwangsi, he will deter to the wishes if the national administrators of General Chen Chol-tang takes up the similar post at Canton, Otherwise he will not until after the holding of the Sth Plenary Congress.
Li Chungsjen has agreed to bring back into his own territory the two regiments that are left in Kweichow. Welchow will then take up. the policing of her counties in the vicin~ Ity of the other Kwang province.
Coming to a consideration of Kwangsi's reciprocal obligations to-Is the Central Government, Huang Shéo-hsiung was advised to settle the question with General Chen Chictang. The two Kwangs will be together in their attitude towards the central authority, Even from Chen Chi-tang, Mr. Wang has not obtained a clear-cut statement of how far the South will In following the national will. From Hu Han-min and Hsiao Fa-chen more must be heard as to their notions about the national-provincial relationship, Hu has sent Ching Tien-ku back from Switzerland as his envoy extraordinary to deal with this subject on his behalf and he took steamer for is hou has tele pray id_s0 cannot make the journey to'Canton at the moment, but Mr. Wang will embark to-day from Sal-gon for Canton and when he arrives the political thoughts of Hsiao Fa-chen will be known,
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