Nanking, Sept. 15.
Mr. R. G. Howe, the British Charge d'Affaires, called on Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the Foreign Office this morning.
Although speculations are rife regarding the nature of their conversation and Mr. Howe's mission to Nanking, both the Foreign Office and the British Embassy maintain that io-day's call was a purely social one, They add that it is customary for a diplomat to call at the Foreign Office to inform officials that he is taking charge of the Embassy.—Reuter The French Government officially, announced that a reward of Frs. 100, 000 will be paid to the person or the persons who furnish informations that will lead to the discovery of the perpetrators of the bomb oütrages the Etoile quarters, Paris.
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