The Chinese Nationalist• Government at Nanking is concentrating itself. Executive
power is to be in the hands of a few persons. The Shanghai correspondent of the Tithes says that there were no fewer than 120 members in the former Government Council. • As they all had equal rights the talking left no time for the busi- ness. The Government proposes to exact a fixed and regular proportion of revenue from the Provinces, but it is doubtful whether the provinces will consent to this scheme in practice, c ven if they do so nominally. At present they keep for themselves all the money that they can 'collect. Whatever happens, the general result is likely to be increased taxation, and this at a time when law-abiding citizens have never found it so difficult both to pay and to live. The Peking correspondent of the Times reports a great deal of distress. Seven thousand minor officials lost their positions when the Government was moved to Nanking, and they are said to be entirely without means.
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