Trouble has arisen at Fanchang where two members of the Tsejutang have begun to force the populace to contribute to General Huang Hsing's Citizens Contributions Fund, which is intended to render a foreign loan unncessary. The local Guilds claim that they alone have the right to collect contributions to this fund.
The merchants are shutting up their shops and people are leaving the town as they know that the enforced collection of contributions will result in anarchy.—Reuter.
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