The Archive · 1924

Water Still Very Low

We are told that there are some 20 odd ships plying between Chung-season, and And thi 1 headquarter opened an officers" training. shoot Wweek they were. receiving nts and some 1,200 took the examinations. We have not yet Teamed' the outcome "of" the. test The" General presided in perso Den Hsi-hou hax taken his ames of Civil Governor and as far an we fare able to. learn there seems to trouble brewing. True, all parties ae. not. natifed, they even be in this Province for food Tong time at Toast." One enn: hot but feel that the only. way for Peace, petmament peace to come this way will he to have some Big funerals, or some one to come forth the. strength and bring. some tthe off This would mean that olde some public elec Lions of some. of the. higher up This one fears, will not take place for some long time Wo come. How: ever it is safe conjecture that the fonger Yang Sen and Den can work invharmmony the. troner: wil be the wether chow has been x" for the Province.

Now it is the popular report that there is not a general in Szechuan more addicted to the drug than If this be true, little will be done to suppress opium in this province us long ux the duty to suppress it is in the hands of the present officer. He has also, one understands, eleven wives to ook after.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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