ona Train Passengers from Hangchow on February 18 had an unpleasant experience when soldiers surrounded heir train at Kashing, rifles held at the ready and with fingers on triggers. Luckily no struggle of any sort occurred, and the train resumed its journey without anybody being hurt, arriving at Shanghai 40 minutes ate.
'The train left Hangchow at 10) am. and when it arrived at} Kashing the train guards put off a soldier who had no ticket. He, had, incidentally, been travelling' first class. They tried to hand him over into custody, but he managed to pass the word to some soldiers on guard at the station, who be: Ionged to his own company.
They promptly gathered around, and, when they heard that their} comrade was to be-arrested, some pu, eight miles south of Pukow. This road should relieve the congos: tion of traffic in the various small tributaries of the Yangtze in this art of the Province.
The Nanking-Changshuh highway will start from Nanking and_pass through Kuyung, Kintan, Changchow and Kiangyin, conveying New Year have been seized at the Post Office Greetings it is utterly impossible for ind these were all burnt as refuse, Acting on a request made to them by the Kiangsi provincial authorities the City police made a raid on 'a house in the Six Union Street, It] seems that very large number of forged bank-notes have been nis to get away to a safe place, they must just hide and wait for the soldiers to do their duty.
Their own home in the city has been swept bare agai thave lost all their poss Chinese Christian Friends put The total mileage of the five pro- i into circulation Kiukiang recent-Jected highways will be approxily and a man ho tendered some mately 1,200 miles (3,500 11). Part, of these notes at a shop was arrest-of the required funds has already ed. He told where he had.got been appropriated by the Provinel Jand this led to the arrest of a man Government and work is expected in Kiukiang who had 180 notes.
In hearing many accounts of the Jdoings of the brigands, one cannot but be struck by the faithfulness of the Chinese Christians to the forlcigmers who are in danger and help-
Min, Ommence immediately—Kuo This laticr man made a confession selves, and vot of eeeey less. They have suffered much them-Min, as the result of which the raid was|nd property do their utmost 0 oat A reririoN has been submitted to Ministry of Finance by the kiangsu and Chekiang Silk Merchants Association, calling for the abolition of the Autumn Silk Cocoon Tax.
Acconoin¢ to a Mukden message to the vernacular press, Japanese police recently entered Chinese territory and. arrested some sixty Chinese students. The arrests took place in a Christian school near the Korean border and the students were charged with agitating against the Japanese Government.
40 spread along: the platform and] another 40 went around to the other side of the train, lining the embankment at intervals. Every man held his rifle at the read pointing at windows of the train, and as each man kept his finger on the trigger the passengers did not feel at all happy.
Finally. the train guards were t compelled to let the man go, and} the train proceeded on its journey to Shanghai, arriving late, carried out. Over 600 of the notes; were discovered, but the house was the foreigner in his trouble, Sure-not the place where the has been done. printing) Y, {nis i# an adequate answer to 1os¢ who in former days more than the house were sent under military Zhe men found 30} now, cast cheap ridicule. upon scott to Kiukiang, jealled "rice Christians," "A friend So many shops are reducing the jin need is a friend indeed," applies to the Chinese quite as much to ticularly number of their employees, par-the dealers who were for-Jdwellers in the happy land in which ced to sign agreements just before the proverb originated, the China New Year, that the employees' union has petitioned Chairman of the Provincial Council mail MISSIONARY'S RACE TO to safeguard the employees from dismissal. The Chairman announces that he has the matter under sideration and that meanwhile ployers must not make any dismiss als. It is obvious that the trade [condition in Hankow is not improving to any extent, A run time order has been issued by the Commissioner of Civil Affairs for Kiangsu Province, forbidding the people to hoard cereals or export fkem to foreign countries without the Provincial Government's per
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