One hears that the arsenal wants the authorities to search for the former director so that he may be punished for destroying the works, The people of Chengty, however
good work, one evidently" regard his action as 8 Judge by petition which They have recently drawn up. They say that "the Arsenal was built to protect Tibet. At that time produced only 20 to 20 rifles day, Since the Republic has been established there has been a great increased output, so that more than 100 rifles and 60,000 cartridges and shells are manufactured daily. The establishment costs between $160,000 and $160,000 a month, and taal ie abet $2000 00 This money is wrung from the Szechuanese, An addition of 30,000 odd rifles a year causes an addition Yearly of three divisions of soldiers. hose also the people have to supply with previsions, Thus when we add 2 rifle we add a soldier, and if the foldier turns bandit then we have owe more man to rob ws."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.