Provincial Assembly Members Calling for Strict Repression Several members of the Pi vincial Assembly of Kiangsu hat called upon the Civil Governor, Han Kuo-chun, for information xegarding the issue and sale of lottery tickets. They say that, in spite of fan order for their suppression, the number of tickets has increased ind that practically all the ing space in the Chinese up by lotteries, which ing earied on under langu, they say, iv the base of all the operations of lottery runners, and the majority of tickets are sold here. Through these, the st people waste much money which should be used for better purposes. The people are continually ted, and if no remedy is appeople will continue to suffer indefinitely. Why then do you not investigate the question of these tickets which change only name and face? Why do not the magistrates of the different districts and the police of the province take steps to suppress these tickets? Why is it that lottery tickets before were suppressed and why are these, which are only changed a little, not suppressed! We cannot understand it." We Kiangsu people hate this evil and demand that all lotteries be suppressed for ever in the future as in the past. We demand a reply {from you within five days."
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