$100,000 BY CHINESE, In times of stress such as we have had here for the half months the Shai Foreign Famine has thing is now quiet and the Japanese mill strike has been settled, steps should be taken to withdraw them to their original stations, Instead of doing 0, Gen, Shing has moved hhis headquarters from Chapei to the yamen formerly occupied by Successive Military Governors Lunghua. It reported, the Organizations say, that a Defence Commissionership will be re-created from the over $100,000. for the relief of the famine sufferers in Kueichow, Szechuan, and Yunnan, At the last meeting of the Governing Board of this well known Shanghai [Committee this remarkable achievement was suitably recorded in the minutes as follows ter commented on the done inthe ruling ree sum during the pret Dresent juncture. in Chingy. with une in Shanghai and that the Shanghai posed of Chineee and Foreigsers Test everywhere, our Committee, in Arsenal will be reopened. 'This has Shanghat, working together "for" Caused great alarm, "among the common need of the fanies seriate people locally, they go on to say, People of China, had again received and fs in violation of the mandate caG, fuit, coa) the' public seal' of "approval on out approval on fand that no more troops shall "be Shore to our. ordering the abolition of the ost sew bing be stationed in Shanghai and Sung- Kueichow, Szechuan, and "Yunnan king. The troops, therefore, they 3 conclude, must be withdrawn How it Started mediately, first week of June the Surprise Move -Foreign Famine Relief Com-Although it was not unexpected mittee here bad just completed aa that the Bureau would" be removed investigation into the famine conto Lunghua, everything was carried ditions in the provinces of Kueichow, out so suddenly that few knew of Szechuan and Yunnan and were in rat had happened until late on ® quandary what to do with the duly until late on i Erentieated material complied after In this connexion, it was interest: [¢areful sifting and inquiry. "There ing to note that, from Wednesday, all members of the Shanghai and Woosung Police Force were provided_with the yellow cloth Fengtien army badges, which may or may not mean that Marghal Chang Tao-tin is trying to' strengthen hix grip locally.
Plan is no need here to give the public this material—it would take too much space—but our investigation revealed serious famine conditions, with daily deaths from starvation, and the dend botticn accumulating on the road to such an extent that the chair-hearers could only proceed by stepping over the bodies of these Peking, Aug. 23.
A number of business crganizations of Shanghai, including the Chamber of Commerce, have telegraphed to the Government, inquiring as to the truth of the report that the military eommission= ership of Shanghai, which—was abolished by mandate last "pring, 4 being restored at the behest of a certain military Aug. 26.
The Government is reported to have received information that the Fengtien authorities have aban doned the plan to revise the Shang hai military commissionership, and how suggest that Gen. Shing Shi-lien be appointed Pao-an Se-ling, oF Commander for the Maintenance of Peace in Shanghai, It is not known whether the Government agree to this—Rewier's Pacific Service.
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