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10,000 SUPERFLUOUS OFFICIALS IN PERING. TEN MILLION DOLLARS REQUIRED: TO SETTLE ARREARS OF PAY. The Asiatic News Agency says:-The $18,-On various occasions during the past two years you have published mandate dismissing superfinous officials articles and letters from me in some of was promulgated at the suggestion of Mr. which occurs the expression, Propher Hsiung Hai-Lin, ex-Prime Minister, but i
it has been estimated that a sum of inore of Smooth Things"; quarters the impression seems to prevail than $10,000,000 is required for the pay that, in reality, one has been indulging ment of the arrears due to the officials in veiled attack on a particular in- to be dismissed. The number of super-. to be dismist – aro dividual, or individuals." Anonymous Huous officials
An and
attacks in newspapers are, not only ex-roughly as follows 800 advisers and tremely represensible, but is bught to be councillors in the President's Office obvious to all concerned that no respon-appointed by the last President, and 300 sible newspaper wild publish thera by the present President, and about 100 With your permission, Sir, I should in the Secretariat of the President's like to explain that the expression in Office: 800 in the four bureaux and the question is merely an attempt to per- Reunification and Political Discussion Bonity the views of those, their same is Committees of the Cabinet Office; 700 in "Legion who are opposed, on one the Ministry of Finance; 400 in the ground or another, to the adequate pro Central Salt Administration; 300 in the tection of private interests; of the man Ministry of Communications and its four who cries, Pence, peace when there is Railway Offices; 1.000 in the Ministry of no pete of the people to be found Agriculture and Commerce; 200 in the both among civilians and officials who Ministry of Education; 100 each in the would have us believe that this with Ministries of the Navy, of the Interior drawal of the British administration and of Justice: 100 in the Currency the direct pretection of our tag will Bureau; several tens in the Ministry of involve this small community in no real Foreign Affairs; about 2,000 in the lost. There are even some subjects, Ministry of War 400 in the Marshals in my opinion. for medical examination Office; and some in the Aviation Depart
The total as to their mental condition-who would ment, Shui Wo Chu, etc. have us believe that phenomena of amber of euperfluous officials in Peking miraculous nature are about to occur: alone is no less than 10,000 men, being that the loss of status as a free port will four times more than the number provid- lead to no log: that the measure of for in the official system of the First
Year of the Republic The above num prosperity that has come to Weihaiwerabers do not include the numerous sub- a British dependency will be maintained stantive posts created in the various after the erection of a customs barrier Ministries since the 1st Year, nor the that in the typical Chinese official 4 change of heart is impending: and that, numerous appointments made in the offices mirabile dirta, a grip of Celestials are of the High Military Inspectors-General about to take over the administration of and the offics of the Commander-in-Chief the Territory of Weibaiwei who will of the Metropolitan Guards. In the 3rd distinguished for their efficiency and, Year of the Republic the expenditure of the Ministry of Finanen alone was $30,000 above all, for their honesty!
Iter parte statement, and asertions per month, but it is now $220.000, and all the other organs have increased their of this nature are to be allowed to pass respective expenditures proportionately.
nanswered and unchallenged, it has seemed probable that private interests For the payment of the arrears it is might suffer more or less serious los necessary for the Ministry of Finance However this may be, I hope you will to issue a loan of more than $10,000,000, agree. Sir. that nothing that has appear- ed in your columns from your Weihaiwei correspondent has exceeded the bounds of fair comment on a matter of public
interest.
When all is said and done, public opinion is our last and highest court of appeal, and if the man-in-the-street decides that the British subjects who settled at Weihaiwei are having a square deal, nothing me peed be said; and the people who here goitled there had better turn to and make the best of a bad job. There enn, however, he little doubt as to the opinion our friend in the Atrent will entertain if he "is put in possession of all the fiets Hence the leading article in the North-China. Dany Yew of 11th instarif "îy both timely and very much to the point in the opinion of those who stand to loan most, the mere so that it states that in some re spect "the residents of Weihaiwei are most fully entitled to sympathy."
offices
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Another report says that according to a report by the Ministry of Finance the arrears due to the officials of the various.
and departments amount $0.84,300, and that to the police and troope $17,503.200. In a recent interview President Te Kun told General Feng Yu. Hsiang that within a few days a sum of $1,000,000 will be mined by the Ministry of Finance for the payment of one month's salary of all officials. The President is confident that before long means will be devised for the payment. of all the arrears] =
THE NEW BROOM IN 'PEKING.
THE ACTING PREMIEI'S.
PROGRAMME.
(ASLATIC NEWS ACENCY.]
Mr. Kao Lin-wel, Acting Prime Minis ter has spared no effort in reforming the financial administration of the Gov ernment, and at a recent meeting of the Cabinet he brought up a bill for the im provement of finances, which was passed. It contains the following clauses.
1. The National Budget of the 3rd year of the Republic shall he adopted for the time being
All who have interests at. Weihaiwei will probably endorse the editorial view, * given in this article, that our dis appointments and losses are in no sense due to the British Representatives on the Retrcession Commission who "have done better than might have Iren feared." On the contrary, we all probably agree that they are in no way responsible for the predicament in which these British sub- jects find themselves that the blame must be ascribed entirely to the British Delegation as the Washington Conference: and that the responsibility reste chiefly on Lord Balfour's shoulders.. But is it
a. The expenses of any office or depart- fair that private interests here, should- ment exceeding the amount fixed hy the kuffer for an amazing blunder perpe- hudget of the 3rd year shall be immedi- trated at Washington in an atmosphers ately reduced. surcharged, as it seems to have been, with
4.
2. That the President be rerested to instruct the provinces which are still loyal to the Central Government to send their usual monthly remittances for the ad- ministrative expenses of the Government.
4. The official system of the 1st year
year to be can-
an atmosphere of f! maudlin sentiment,” | of the Republic shall be restored, such resulting in the "obfuscation of commos appointments not provided for in the sense, which common sense we have been staff registers for that accustomed to associate with British celled at once. diplomacy as a rule?
5. All offices and "departments not in- The attitude of the London Govern- cluded in the official system of the 1st ment is decidedly puzzling. The first year of the Republie shall be abolished. reply to local petitioners 'was a narrative 6. The Ministry of Finance shall issue of excurrences at Washington, giving Lord Balfour's stipulations for the pro- tection of private interests, a set out in his note of February 3rd, 1922, address ed to Mr. Alfred Sze. A second com- munication asserted that, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, there would be no losses, if the Washington arrange ments are carried out." The third in an absolute repudiation of liability, with, so far, no reasons given.
For the ordinary man to reach a just conclusion, the following questions and the answers to them will requira, con- 'aïderation.'"
Ware the people who settled at: Weihaiwei prior to 1907 given matis factory assurances that the lease would endure as long as Por Arthur remained a the occupation of another Power?
The answer is in the affirmative. 2.When is the Port Arthur lease dos
to terminate ?—In 1907. --* 3-Did any responsible official
the 12th Year Loan for the payment of the arrears due to all the officials, and hereafter the Ministry should never again owe the pay of Government employés. Nor should any Blmistry or Bureau-he allowed to create sinecure posts and in- crease the amount of expenses fixed by the above mentioned Budget.
7. That the President be requested to issue a mandate restiring the national budget of the 3rd year of the Chinese Republic
MANDATE DISMISSING SUPER-
FLUOUS OFFICIALS
A mandate dismissing superfluous off- has been promulgated and the various cials and abolishing unnecessary organs Ministries have been busy in executing the same. The mandate runs as follows:
The object of appointing officials is for the management of the Government affairs. They are therefore paid in ac cordance with their services, but not in Qar
order to provide them with a living British subjects as to the risk they have been created, and the laxity of During the last few years more positions might be running1-The answer is official discipline has offered opportunity in the negative, 4-Were they encouraged to invest their to men of inferior qualification Con-
sequently those really performing thai money in the Territory -The audaties to the best of their ability have swer is in the affirmative been left unpaid, while idle hands have Was Lord Balfour making a virtue been fattened by official fands while they of necessity in offering to restore have been doing nothing for the Govern Weibaiweź to China. No, Lord ment. Balfour stated that Great Britain effected, the situation will become worse. Unless reforma be immediately was prepared to return her lease The Cabinet is hereby ordered to consult hold if it would promote with the varions Ministers to readjust the general settlement,
expenses after dismissing the superfluous officials and abolishing unnecessary or gans within the space of one month. As to the arrears due to the dismissed off- cinis, the Ministry is hereby, instructed to device means to meet the requirements.”
The consequences of the mistake of the Washington Conference have yet to be realized. The most unentisfactory of the terms of rendition is that referring to municipal affairs. There is to be mani cipal area without a innnicipal coun cil. There will be a "commmittee to advise the local Chinees administražer: the committee will, have no powers whatever! If the foreign members of this committee are to get anything done, they (Continued at foot of next column.)
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E YOUR CORRESPONDENT. Wrihaiwer, October 22nd, 1929
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