Chen first of all rendered Swatow signal service in ridding the town of the Reds. No sooner were these sway than the boycott carried or 0 stringently for three months wa stopped. Pood could be had. Ricohas and sampans were the disposal of the foreigner as of old. The first thing, however, that sounded in my ears' when nearing the steamer's buoy was a demand for $5 for fastening the chain, which usually costs less than 50 cents! This did not sound well. So although the back of the boycott was strained it was not yet broken. Before the boycott 40 far ceased the foreign population, who suffered many hardships from lack of fresh foodstufly, tried, at last, to make arrangements for securing the necer-saries of life. A citizen of a foreign nation came for He has "pened a shop and is prepared to provide good fresh food to the foreign residents. This is unquestionably a great boon. The -Ghinese compradores will undoubt tedly resent thi: they, terloper.
They have themselves been most assuredly to blame for it. So far this new arrangement is giving great satisfaction. Whoever the ruler of Swatow may be I do not think this man will be interfered with.
In all the counties near Swatow, expecially south and west, Bolshevism or Communism or whatever we call it, has received a severe wetback, They worked most. siduously—completely upsetting the eld Chinese customs in everything that involved questions of finance, tenure, ete, and having ueceeded 80 far, in getting things going their own way, set a limit to tenure of buildings of possession of buildings held by British missions, At a certain given time Chinese preachers were ordered to be ready to quit all such buildings and hand them over to the Reds. In the counties of Liukfung and Haifung (the latter the native county of Gen. Chen) the Reds succeeded hero, else establishing their methods.
They compelled the farmers.to use force. Many of those who had little to Jose Joined. On the fall of Swatow these two counties passed soon after into the hands of Chen. Leaders of the Communists wherever arrested were summarily executed.
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