of Penalties Mukden, May 15, The Inftience of Feng 'The garrison commander of Kaifeng city was Gen. Mi Chen-piao, Hfor-Jong chief of the old Th Chun, or' long-haired, blue-uniformed troops, who formerly - were Gen. Chao Ti's men and always were thought to be conservative and pro-Fengtien. After Marshal Feng) Yuchsiang's reverses, many of his {troops recruited in Honen wander-fed back and were enrolled in the Th Chun thus adding something of nationalist character to the old reactionary spirit of this conservative division. It was to this spirit that Gen. Chin was able to appeal when he determined, on the one hhand,: to disregard ' Marshal Wa Pei-ful and on the other hand to oppose the coming of the northern forees of Marshal Chang Tso-lin.
Gen. Chin was astride the Peking-Hankow Railway, with headquarters at Chengchow. The Cantonese had entered the province at Wushengkuan; Marshal Wu Pei-fu was in his former garrison centre of Loyang, later to be joined by Liu Chen-hua, whose long siege of Sianfu only was raised on the a proach of Marshal Feng's Kuominchun. Then came the Young Ma shal, Chang Hsueh-hong, with conquering force crossing the Yellow River north of Chengchow and Lanfeng.
The Russians in Kaifeng With so many warring armies within: the province and with the Possibility of rapid changes in the hot distant fature, is little wonder: that the minds of the people have been terribly troubled. Nor must it be forgotten that in the days of Governor Hu Ching-ili and his sucjeessor there was quite a company lof Soviet Russians in Kaifeng ity. At the height of their ascendancy ju the latter days of 1925 and the spring of 1926, there were well lover 40 in tho'city, in the closest touch with Governor Yueh Wei-chen land his high officers and official The revelations of the documents found: in the Russian Legation area in Peking in April of this year are: very interesting when one remembers the great troubles of the late months of 1925 in Kaifeng.
The particular document referred ito made mention of G.$13,000 a month spent on propaganda in the: ity of Kaifeng. This is but confirmatory evidence of the thing that seemed 80 very evident at the time \—the ascendancy of Soviet counsels the affairs that troubled the province in those days. The student. troubles, the anti-foreignism, communistie tendencies among the inlereasing Jabour unions, etc., all fall into the category of their activities. Now, however, the Young Marshal. is in the Provinze and. is very. evidently desirous of winning a) proval from all and sundry by the definite improvements planned an being carried out. For a time, mei chants Were afraid to take dow: their shutters and do business, either in Kaifeng or in Chengchow. In the earlier days of the occupation fengpiao was enforced on the shops. That has all ceased in these latter weeks, and now busi ness is going usual and open investigations are being made by. special officers, to find out if the people are suffering in any way. from exactions of the- soldiery. soRegwlstions for inspection of foreign passports, which may prove embarrassing to many. foreign. travellers in Ching, have been issued by. the authorities at Harbin. In brief they are as: under:
1._A service shall be inaugurated at Harbin, Changchun, Suifenho and Manchuli_ stations by. officers Jointly appointed by the Special Gity Police, the Chinese Eastern Railway Police, and the Chinese authorities for the inspection of Passports carried by foreigners arriving at these stations, 2, All foreigners arriving at these stations irrespective of nationality must produce their passports, when called upon, for inspection, foreigner, with the exception of Japanese' and Belgians, who enjoy special reciprocal treat ment of exemption with China in this respect, shall be allowed to enter unless his passport bear a visa issued by a Chinese diplomatic or consular official residing abroad or unless he has a passport issued by a Chinese office of foreign affairs, 4. The passport of a foreigner attempting to enter this territory if found in order shall be stamped.
5. Should the passport or visa thereon shown by a foreigner seeke ing to enter at the stations mentioned be found good for the tip to the Special Area the document shall be cancelled before being xe-\ turned to its bearer, but if, the foreigner be only passing through untouched. this territory It shall" be left
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