Peace at. $3,000,000 a Month Alleged Sought Chungking, Apr. 5.
JUBLICATION of details of an alleged "secret agreement'
tween Mr, Wang Ching-wei, former President of the Executive Yuan, und Baron Hiranuma, Japanese Prime Minister, has caused 4 sensation, and at the same time profoundly shocked Chinese Chungking, Apr. 4.
It is learnt that the general budget of the National Govern ment for the present fiscal year Gan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1939) totals $2,850 millions, as compared ith $1,200 millions for the 1936 (pre-war) budget. The budget figures for the last two years were—
{$2,400 millions.
—Kuo Min, circles here.
The fact of the publication of the report alone is worthy of considerable attention, since hitherto the Chinese Central Govern-
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