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* * * * The Chinese National Government is making

very slow :progress- in settling the country. The will seems to be there without the ability to break with immemorial bad traditions, and without the money for putting reforms into effect. One good sign is that the Generals have drawn up a joint scheme for reducing the armies by half. They had sat for a long time in secret—the only condition under which there Can be any real transaction of business s. which is closely connected with politics.. The Shanghai correspondent of the Times says that it is the first time in the history of the Republic_ that the military leaders froni all over China have .met in personal conference.

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