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| rowid | 24183 |
|---|---|
| date | 1911-01-21 |
| page | 2 |
| column | d |
| title | Important news |
| description | A Cabinet member's proposal to cut some government institutions; Earl Xun proposed to transfer the Summer Palace's fund for the use of the Navy; Earl Lun invites the Cabinet members to get involved in the development of the Constitution; the Minitry of Foreign Affairs cabled the Chinese ambassador in Britain, Liu Yuling, to seek to cancel the treaty signed with the British with reagrd to the ban on opium; the National News was punished to stop operation for a week as a result of slandering the Imperial government; the Parliament reprensentatives of three provinecs, Fengtian, Hunan and Fujian plea for shortening the duration of the Parliament; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intended to ransom Weihaiwei from the British; more problems for settling down the case of loan for buiding roads; the Chinese ambassador in Britain, Liu Yuling will present the proposal to the British; a high-level official, Tang Shaoyi, might be seeking for transferring to Fujian or Shandong; a proposal to restructure the Department of Transportation by having one prime minister and one vice minister: Tang Shaoyi, Shen Yunpei, and Liang Shiyi are potential candidates. |
| source | China |
| page_url | http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/24091605 |
| trove_id | 24091605 |