Prom Ove OWN
Taiku, Shansi, Oct. 8.
In order to get a proper pers: tive at to conditions in Shansi at present. it is necessary to recall the history of the past four or five months, In March and April of this year the Tupan, General Yen List-shan, moving his armies to the north of the! province to attack the Kuomi chun, The latter was hol various points along the Peking-Suiyuan Railway, including the important city of Tatung. the centre administration for northern The first moves of the) Shansi armies were successful, are being called up to the north in numbers to help with.the~ ci military and educational. reform: ow inaugurated there. One of, the greatest tasks the new Tutang has set himself is to clear the Suiyuan district of opium. That region has long presented 'a very great obstacle in the way of ridding Shansi of opium, as the poppy was extensively grown there and - the [close business relations istrict with Shansi smuggling easy and profitable: We have now the hope that that situation is to be changed.
Tatung was re-occupied and was held by the forces of the Defence Commissioner, General Chan,
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