Assembly at Nanking have telegraphed to General Ho Feng-tin requesting hint to evacuate Sungkiang and Shanghai and hand over kiangnan Arsenal, to be sealed up, also to dismantle the guns at Woosung."—To be really complete the message should brave added that the Generals have been asked to disband their troops and go into retirement, but nothing is said as to this.
General Ho Feng-lin is said to have sent out an urgent message to the tax offices directing that all avenue be remitted before the end of the present month. Another financial story is that the "fac~ tory for the unemployed at Kiang has been closed down and that the fonds of the factory, amounting to, $700,000, have been "appropriated" by General Lu for military expenses.
'The Labourers' Organization in Shanghai have published 2 "waraing" to rice dealers, house owners and lodging house Keepers agains: profiteering. According to the chairman of the—Stallkeepers' Association, prices of food are steady, but' a shortage of supplies is to be feared immediately hostilities begin. The Canton Merchants Association is organizing a supply of cheap rice, and the Chambers of Commerce are also making plans Keep up the supply at a moderate charge. A consignment has been ordered from Saigon and suppl sre expected to arrive in 10 da; time.
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