Praiseworthy Police Work -at Huaiking (Ho.): Famine Averted by Recent Rains nom Oux Own Comnesronvest.
Huaiking, Honan, May 8
Following the looting of Meng-hsien city last autumn there were many local enses of daring robbery snd banditry. {t seemed at. the time that most of the bad characters were-going to, escape the hands of the law. During the past three months, however, some clever secret. service work has brought to trial and to the block, some culprits that have been u menace to the district for' several years. Many more are still large but their hiding places are Three tillians were beheaded a few days ago outside the north gate.
When the much-prayed-for rain followed the next day one man was heard to say, "Lao Tien Yeh (the Old God of the Heavens), by giving rain to the parched land, was just showing his appreciation of the act of justice on the part of the official for beheading the three bandit leaders."
It is 4 very welcome sound to hear the eves running again after eight months drought. In some places are remarking about the wring. rains that have recently fallen. This is not altogether true because much of the wheat has been dried ap for want of moist ture, and it is only on the irrigated fields that the wheat yield will now be increased. The wheat fields that should have given a harvest are now being vown with cotton and rmuaize since the rain has fallen, 'The Chingmeng extension of the Taoching railway is now showing: signs of coming to being. The work of grading the road was to me measure of four' that time there' has been wild =peculation in land. Much delay bus been caused by landholders wanting a high price for the Railway line itself.
sported on ood authority that one wealthy Chinese in company. with his friends purchased in advance about ten fi of the railway' Hine when the buying was good; afterwards prices advanced considerably and he was standing a fair chance of easily made money. However, now the original holders, find~ ing out that he was an advance ayer and not an official buyer, are after his blood as well as more: money. At present he in. hiding: and the case is up before the local magistrate.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.