Sixty million people and one million soldiers may be considered By some a not very serious situation oF proposition but when we remember that these one million soldiers ave under-fed, under-clothed and under-paid, the menace to the peace and welfare and prosperity of the province is alarming. The position of the big man is hilariously prefearious and a serious fall daily fs anticipated by all who serve under him. This form of government or officialdom in no way makes for stability or seowrity in commercial, Industrial, or, political enterprise. The big man's position being me secure, depending a great deal on his ability for intrigue, he therefore is compelled to adopt many fand unjust means and devices to get wich quickly, This is one reason why some districts have already paid their taxes ten and fifteen years in advance, If the big gun was sure he could remain steadfastly in office for the'next ten years and that no one was seriously plotting his downfall, he might adopt the policy of sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." This, however, is too risky and the' present system all over the province is "a bird in th hand la worth two in the bush. The only city of refuge, therefor at the present time is to get a cousin or uncle or nephew high up in the army. Better still, if there is an unmarried sister or daughter in the family, to get her quickly married to some colonel in the army. and private service. Of course the Nig fat man comes down with tish and so docs the colonels tag Ghet fouse and lineage of This condition of affairs has been going on for some years. People in fre province have' become apathy: ently mecestomed to troops artvlig to-day, eating the city of to. morrow, Clesning it out the ner? Gay, not of dre and filth, bot Sivée and moving on the Gay following." The men are. ime beea with th, en tht a elder country's battles. The people tocdetend his land and ght
therefore are told that they are treaty helping. therein when Feed. the troops. and. permit belt homes to be deapotted ant loted, Armies are moving everywhere. a the province. "Sen" from 8 felghty they "are merely moving round a big man, sting tentatively on a huge pile of silver. "You take the situation in the capital of the Bugles are blowing from morning fare goose-stepping it all over the Face; officials are hurrying up and down the streets, enjoying the of spending bogus fare clapping their furiously when Charlie Chaplin incidentally falls on the fee.
Life all over the province is rely snd quickly losing its be- stability and mo doubt the reason is the chaotic affaire existing in oth China, Exploitation perhaps is about the only word that will accurately describe the present situation in this great province. Merchants, farm and students all ate being lotte merely to maintain six big men in off ge, The merchants are Doing so. persistently drained of their working capital that in shany places large business houses have had to. be closed. The demands made on the merchants are politely termed "loans" and a promise is made that the money will returned. The farmers, perhaps the most helpless people in the province, are at the mercy of the warlords and confiscation follows quickly any delay in meeting their demands.
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