Peiping, Mar. 1.
On March 10, when old legal notes will gò out of circulation in North China, the "Provisional Government expects to exercise control over foreign exchange and decrees to that cfiect are expected to be issued shortly, according to Chinese reports.
Exchange control has been in force in Tsingtao, and the experiment there is stated to have proved successful.
When exporting goods other than cotton, hides and minerals, the export of which is now subject to restrictions, exporters are required to sell their export bills to the "Federal Reserve Bank" at the rate of 14 pence for exports to foreign countries, and at the rate of $1 to one yen for exports to Japan and Manchoukuo.
Roosevelt today agreeing to open "peace negotiations" with the Amer ican Federation of Labour. Mr. Lewis took this step in answer to a plea by the President, who asked the AF.O.L. and C.LO. concluded peace n the cause of unified labour in the United States—Havas.
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