Mukden, Mar. 9.
Marshal Chang Tso-lin has issued birthday. message of which the following is a translation:
"For years I, Tso-lin, have been in charge "of armies " unworthily. Around us there are miseries and istress awaiting to be relieved, My heart cannot be at ease, day or night, for thoughts of the suf-_ fering which cannot be alleviated, and the coming of another birthday affords no pleasure. I there-_ fore, wish you, my beloved friends, not to adhere to the conventional Fractice, and you, who are at a distance, will not "take a trip to give me honour. I have to thank you for your kind remembrance of the anniversary of my birthday and trust you will appreciate my' desire to decline any celebration."
Mukden has responded to the Victories of the forces arrayed! against Feng Vu-hsiang as is seen in the appreciation of the local currency. Fengpiao is agai ender 300 to the Mexican dollar, id business is surprisingly bri considering conditions. Of course, far from normal, but nevertheless the volume done is considerable. Reports of strikes and sabotage in the cigarette factories are pure inventions. As a matter of fact, these are speeding up production to meet demands which are by no means decreasing,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.