There ave still a large number of troops in the City of Canton it~ self in spite of the strict orders to move which have been issued, although a certain number have mov-'There was a small incident near the Provincial Assembly Building the other day when the Kuangtung Provincial Guards, who are under the command of Gen, Wu 'Te-ching, the Police Commissioner, in the vicinity were attacked and disarmed by the Merchants' Volunteers for starting an unauthorized protection tax-collecting station. The commander of the guards con: cerned was immediately dismissed from his post by the authorities as soon as they heard of the matter, as the station had been organized without permission, and is also against the policy of the Government.
The strike of the junk merchants which started a few days result of the Governms nouncement that they intend levy a 20 per cent. tax on all junk traffic for protection from pirates, has not yet been entirely settled. 'AS the result of the merchants' protests, the Government cancelled the tax"but the merchants require guarantees that no such tax will be Imposed in future, before resuming business. "This has not yet been ssiven and although the merchants Were invited toa conference by th Koangtung Rehabilitation Burea they refused to go saying they were making arrangements for their own protection and did not require Government protection, The result of he strike is that the trafic to the interior is interfered with, Shameen No Thoroughfare The Chinese Chamber of Commerce have protested to the Sha-moon Municipal Council against the Connells action in stopping Chinese using Shameen as a thoroughfare, und they have threatened that boycott of foreign firms will be de-slaved unless there is. something Gone to reverse the decision.
here are now three schools. of strike in. Canton, owing to the students demands for the removal of certain of their teachers not being complied with, the Kung Yeo Medical School, Holy Trinity School,)-and The Sacred (a French concern). In the case of Holy Trinity, the [rouble arose. through th authorities refusing use of the school. prem {students for political pur po should be mentioned that Portion of the students are the remainder attending lass Dr. Sun's Health Dr. Sun Yat-sen has been sulfering from overwork and was ill for some days, but he is now reported to be quite recovered and working again.
The Canton-Kowloon Railway is not yet through to Hongkong yet, owing to a temporary difficulty. Last week an attack was made and Shen Chun recaptured by the troops of Chen Chiung-ming, but they were soon driven off again, and this has delayed the re-opening of the Railway for a short time,
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