CHINESE AFFAIRS
PEKING, April 30. Yuan Shdh-Kai, addressing the Advisory Council, emphasised th© necessity for strengthening the relations with foreign nations, the reform of land taxation, mining regulations, the currency, the introduction of uniform weight sand measures, and the employment of foreign experts to deal with finance and agri culture. The Government ie negotiating with the Powers in regard to an increase in the Customs, and also a reduction in tfie export duties and the abolition of the likim. LONDON, May 3. Reuter's Peking correspondent states that there are growing indications of Tang-Shao-Yi endeavouring to assume the practical dictatorship and relegating Yuan Shih-Kai to the background. Tang-Shao-Yi demands unlimited funds with normal supervision. Shen-Yuan, a fanatical Kansu leader, is bellicose. The native press declares that he beheaded his son for professing Republicanism.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3034, 8 May 1912, Page 26
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132CHINESE AFFAIRS Otago Witness, Issue 3034, 8 May 1912, Page 26
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