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Show CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH PAPERS PICKING. Oct. 20. The government paper pa-per established by Yuan Shi Kni. the new Grand Councilor, to supersede tho Peking Pe-king Gnr.ottc, announced today that the government had planned, on account of tho Inaccuracy of the provincial papers to establish a government press organ In each province. The native press of Peking for the past month has been in fear of stringent regulations following Yuan Shi KmI'h arrival hero, and has petitioned the government lo grant It the same status as that which Is cn-Jovcd cn-Jovcd bv newspapers in Western countries. coun-tries. Chang Chi Tung, tho other new Grand Councilor, favors granting press privileges, immunities and protection to that portion of the press operating from the extra territorial districts under foreign for-eign ownership, by which the government loses all control of the papers. The establishment es-tablishment of the new government press means another step In combating revolutionary revo-lutionary tendencies aud propaganda. |