Lonaon, Feb. 8, In the House of Commons to-day, 'Mr. A. Moreing, Conservative' me ber for Preston, asked whether the Foreign Secretary hod drawn the attention of the Japanese Government, to the statement by Sir Frederick Maze, Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, that accumu-Lated stocks of smuggled goods in Tientsin were gradually finding their way Into the interior, mostly in. lorries escorted by armed Japanese and Korean roughs.
Mr. Moreing suggested that the Japanese Government should be Invited to end this state of affairs which, he said, was calculated serlously to impair the Chinese Customs.
In the absence of Mr. Anthony Eden who is on holiday in the Continent, Viscount Cranborne, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, replied that although he had seen press he was unable, reports, his he said, to give an authoritative mate of the actual loss to the El nese Customs as a result of smuggling.
The British Ambassador in Tokyo, Sir Robert Clive, had on various occasions made representations to the Japanese Government on the smug-ling question and had repeated his representations recently, when the illicit trate was reported to have Increased after having fallen off.
He trusted, Viscount Cranborne added, that the situation would Im-Prove. Meanwhile the British Government was keeping a close watch.
Nanking, Feb. 14.
Much has been accomplished in China during the post year when a "Now Deal" was instituted by the Executive Yuan under the guidance fof General Chiang Kal-shek, Pres dent of the Executive Yuan, declared Dr. Wong Wen-hao, the Secretary: [Gereral, in an interview with the Central Nows Agency.
Never before in the history of China, Ds Wong continued, hag the construction of new railways been proceeding at such a rapid pace: Other outstanding achievements mentioned, included the establishment of the Farm Credit Bureau, improve ment of rice crops, opening of the China Vegetable Oil Refinery, forme tou of steel works, extension of 1 distance telephone lines, reorganization of the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, Increase of the budget for promotion of free educa tion, founding of the institute traiting of district and municipal administrators, enforcement of legal tender policy, and the introduction of the income tax.
In local administration, Dr. Wong added, the Exetutive Yuan has placed special emphasis on readjusting the peace preservation units, enforcing and survey, pushing the bandit-sup-[pression campaigns on the provincial borders, and formulating administrative programmes for the local gov-
In Dr. Wong's opinion, an expedient way to increase administrative efficiency in local government 1s to draw up administrative programmes for each locality which are to be canied out within a definite period, In that way the hsien authorities may concentrate their attention ona few reforms at one time, expressed gratifeation over the sful settlement of the Shensl-Kansu impasse, adding that the Shensi 'administration will be reorganized by the Executive Yuan within a few days—Central News,
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