Show FOE GOLD STANDARD Chinese Buying Silver In Order to r Purchase All Gold Minted San Francisco Sept 22 The steamship City of Peking brings the Allowing news from China and Japan R1ssfa has obtaned from the Corean cabinet permission to ue a part of Zetsuel island as a coal depot Japan already occupies a larger portion ft tho Island It Is stated by the Japanese news Dauers chat the Chinese have formed a syndicate and are buying in all the silver obtainable In anticipation of the fid t1 > not n-ot the gold standard after Oct 1 It is feared that sufficient silver may be collected col-lected when Hong Kong and Singapore are taken into consideration to purchase all the gold coin minted The government Is alarmed at this prospect and is study ng to avert the catastrophe Some advise Er to stop the exchange altogether while others suggest that a restriction should be placed on the aggregate amount of exchange and this should not exceed 50CW yen daly On Auc 31 a tunnel on the line of V the Oriental Union railway In Japan caved in and burled alive 21 persons Seven were excavated three of whom were dead The remaining 14 were still entombed at last advices |