The Archive · 1926

May 30 Quiet

Yesterday was the first annie sary of the fateful May 30 tragedy No demonstrations or meetings of any kind were held in this city 1 imagine that there are not Places where there is a Government middle school of nearly 400 boss thut can report such con ions, We are somewhat isolated here, but thi place has sent quite a number of students to the Whampoa Academy and has always been prominent asa centre of Kuomintang: influence in this province, so that it understand why there should be such apathy when there is xo much sety elsewhere, The writer teache 1 the gor-minent school and We trast in that friends places who were expecting fon that day may have been ly surprised by its absence. come the richest district for its size in the world, for it contains a fine grade of iron ore, easily neces sible; ting grade of coal in the immediate vicinity of thy iron ore; and there is also goodly supply of copper near by ard unlimited water power, Could any district ask for more? I wish the Chinese would yet busy Jand develop some of these. Tt might help some of the wretches who are living just on the verge of starvation mist of the time, vd Rat Story not being received with unmixed paign ME. now. It We me an anticfly cam probation by all, though it is make One group of people took agkunce at ity as the fly is said to furnish an essential food for a yellow worm which will eat the farmers' wheat if it cannet. wet the food furnished by flier. Others look upon the campaign with

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