The Archive · 1938

Peiping Government Creates Ministries

Peiping, Aug. 22 Keeping pace with changing conditions In China, the "Provisional Government" {s moving to expand its administrative departments, The re~ ligt board will be abolished and Mr. Wang I-tang,.director of the board, will be named Minister" of the Interior.

'The board of finance will become' the Ministry of Finance.

is expected that Gen, Tsao Ju-lin, supreme adviser to the government, will assuthe the portfolio of Minister of Finance. The plan will put into force at the end of this month or early in September.

'The government is also planning 10 organize troops to maintain order ly provinces under' its supervision.

'A surplus of budget funds estimated at ¥,90,000.000 in a year and Customs revenue will be used as defence funds—Domel.

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