The small arms factory at the Arsenal has been dismantled and removed to Hankow and is now being installed at the Hanyang Arsenal. The powder factory which is situated about a mile above the Lunghua Pagoda is closed, and General Yang, in charge of the military forces here, i ing a yamen built near the Pagoda for the administration of military affairs in the Shanghai district. The removal of the small arms department makes the Arsenal a less desirous centre for rebel attack, and removes much of the cause for local anxiety.
Since the Chaoho affair of early December there have been appearing in the local press from time to
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