while their people were often poor, Gen. Lu Yung-hsiang's Order to The Chinese Government had ne Close all Butchers' Shops: off indeed. Europe had very little! money but its people were very well in the way of raw materials: China was rich in that respect, j From Our Own Correspondent, and this led to a free exchange of} trade, which was the main concern Shaohsing, Nov. 17. of foreign counties. The time had Gen. Lu Yung-hsiang's birthday now come, however, when trade celebrations will long be remember-itself was being seriously affected ed in Chekiang, for willy-nilly we by the financial stress in China.! }: ave all been compelled to partici-Mr. Lo, therefore, thought it would! }2te in the "rejoicings," in the be greatly to the advantage otj form of abstaining from meat for foreign countries to aid in getting! three days. At any rate, all the China out of her financial butchers' shops in Shaohsing have difficulties. As things were, China been closed by the authorities for could neither pay her obligations' the above period of time. The same nor embark upon sound construc-' conditions, I have been informed, tive enterprises. He looked upon' have obtained in the other cities China's present financial position merely as a phase that would soon! pass, Without assistance that phase would be lengthy and foreign trade would suffer accordingly,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.