Sponsored by Japan's largest con-urners of Kailan coal, the Kailan les Company, Ltd. was formally anized here yesterday. e new concern is capitalized at 'Y.2,000,000. of which has been paid up. The company will mono-police the distribution of Kailan coal in Japan, Korea, Manchuria and China.
Mr. Shinkyo Nakamatsu, managing director of the semi-official Japan Iron Manufacturing Company, ha been appointed president of the new firm, which will open for business on en. The force retreated to Anpei, after its defeat at Sanjuti, north-west of Kuyang, on the night of April 23.—Domei, Report Denied Peiping, Apr. 26.
The official Japanese spokesman emphatically denies reports that General Count Terauchi h: superseded. General Count Te: is still in high c mand in North China, the spokesman ports of his being rey cially described as declares placed are offi-
100 per cent, inaccurate."—Reuter.
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