The autumn crops in this district have proved to be quite a success this year in spite of being rather Into owing to drought in the early Part of the summer. The kaoliang and millet have all been gathered in and most of the beans, and the new crop of sweet potatoes is now on the market. The persimmons also are very good this year. In spite of good crops, however, the price of flour is higher than it was in the spring. This is partly accounted for by the fact that the crops have not been so good further east and Iso to the rise in the price of Iver, a dollar now changing for 240 coppers.
Colonel Kuo's troops have been moved off to the war and some of ithe 3rd Mixed Brigade are with us now. Our military district commander, Lin Huan-chin, has not, boon moved and everything is still extremely peaceful and quiet. Welcome indeed after the turmoil of theory and he said that they were all hoping Wu Pei-fu would be the one. The reason for this wish was given that he had taxed them too much. I suggested that his death would not help to lighten taxes and perhaps might make—matters worse, but naturally these people are not in a position to look very far ahead. They are the truly neutral ones in this present struggle, not caring who wins if only their taxes can be lessened. This in spite of the fact that many thousands of recruits have gone from this district to help swell one of other of Marshal Wu's armies. As to why there is never any limit to the number of men willing to re-fruit around here the answer given by one would-be recruit covers a good nine-tenths of them. "I have no land," said he, and considered that took in all aspects of the question and closed the discussion.
Talented Mission Doctor The foreign community here have Jjust benefited by the addition of!
The doctor, who had five years with De. A.C. Rownwell, and family the forces in France all through the war, is taking charge of the Canad-jan' Church Mission—Hospital. Apart from his splendid—medical qualifications he is a fine athlete ud Bfrs. Roswell is an accomplished pianist, so we are indeed congratulating ourselves on their advent to our little up-country community. the past few years.
On a trip. into the country this week-end T found people still interested in discussing the large bright meteor which passed slowly across the sky on the '7th Snstant and exploded with, a, loud jo in the northeast. Some of the country folk asked me what. it meant and seemed di T attached no politi to the event. They suggested that it meant that some great man was about to die, evidently agreeing with Casar's wife, "When beggars die there are no comets seen, the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
"Wa Pei-fu Unpopular inguived. of @ {Chinese with what great. man. they-had, in view that made them so keen on this Tus request of Mr. G. W. Chris-yacht of the United States Shipping Board to permit him to sound Yokohama Harbour at the place where the American President oats dock has been refused. The application was sent to Captain Yazawa, harbour master at the port. The "Japan Advertiser" states that it was refused on the ground, that the harbour was in good eondition and was kept that way by the authorities there. Mr. Christnacht's application. was made following advice that one of the liners operated under the Shipping Board -had suffered severe damage in some Far East: port, "possibly Yokohama, Kobe.or Shanghai. He wanted to, have divers examine. the ocean figor:, where President boats dock in Yokohama.
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