Prices Milder but Newspaper Censorship Still Ferocious: Shansi Tuchun Sending Troops: Mukden Army Reported to Have Gained Signal Success at Chaoyang From Our Owx Conntsroxoexr.
Peking, Sept. 22.
Peking continues to take cou from Wu Pei-fu's confidence, The food prices are remarkably "stable under the circumstances, rice, for instance, having risen only $1.40 per picul of 165 catties, Flour has tigen 25 cents per bag of 40 catties during the past three weeks. The bond market is already recovering and it is said that the upward trend will continue for some time. Bonds to-day show a five percentage appreciation over quotations three weeks ago.
At the same time the censorship does not relax in severity, the latest manifestation being an order by the Metropolitan Police calling upon all newspapers to change their phrase ology from Chihli versus Fengtien. War to national forces versus rebels. The order states:
"When war reports are printed in newspapers, you should designate the Government troops as national forces' and Fengtien troops, as rebel forces.' Any departures from this order shall be subject to interference from the responsible authorities."
"The trains from Peking to Tientsin are being monopolized by the) troops, General Wang Chen-ping and his staff are making their headquarters at Tientsin, 'Reports of skirmishing on the Chaoyang front are received from time to time but no connected account has yat been received Peking. To-day's war news, for instance, contains a telegram from fa General near Chaoyang that his' riflemen have brought down a rebel aeroplane and that they have been suitably rewarded, Note: Yesterday's telegram to) Shanghai reported Chaoyang captur~ ed by the Fengtien forces on their way to Jehol.
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