Native shipping for the Hakka districts above Chaochowfu has been, interrupted since September 20, due to bridges being temporarily spanned across the river at Liuhung where the Reds have recently gathered their main force in preparation to resist the attack from the North.
In case of failure to keep the northerners at bay, the Reds are to retreat from Kopi. Liuhuang and other parts of the territory including Swatow, to Waichow where they jate to entrench themselves and maintain their defensive till reinforcements are sent them from Canton according to undisputed author Continued leaving of officials, or sending away of their personal' be-Iongings, for the last two days, coupled ' with the inactivity of the late Mid-Autumm Festival, deadening the city trade " with the interior, which may remain stagnant until the average merchant is sure of where they are exactly.
Kuomintang Employees Sweated While the Kuomintang has been exceptionally kind toward labour, employed by the average capitalist, either foreign or Chinese. in arbitrating wage increases for them from 10 to 80 per cent. on the excuse of high costs of living, it has not been so toward its ow employees, at least the scavengers the service of the Swatow Municipali in spite of many"
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