Rumours are very persistent here land elsewhere in the province that fan invasion by Yunnanese troops, brought in by Kueichow military opponents of our present Government, is imminent and people insist that Kusichow troops are digging trenches somewhere west of Anshun to withstand them. And General Li Hsin is said to be now at Hiuji (Huangtsaopa) in the southwest, is also said that there are Yunnanese already in the Weining district in the northwest. But these rumours have cireuleting for a considerable time and our provincial Government "caries on' without any apparent concern, T am very doubtful whether there is any truth in them. Certainly, robber ands still trouble several' districts especially in the west; I incline to think that this is the basis of all the rumours.
Some two weeks ago 12 or 15 men were beheaded on different streets of the city; they had been robbing, with violence, just outside the city and in one case at least in the city. So they were made an example of, At Anshun, three days journey (67 miles) to the west, villages within two miles of the city have been sobbed and yet that city is occupied by a large body of soldiers!
ed by the late General Chow Hsi The "University" (kin) found-cheng is practically defunct (the official phrase nyed is that ite work jis deferred) and a Higher Middle School is: proposed in its place. But there is a hitoh|—lack of fu reds, T believe—so it is Street widening Jonce more in full in this is sity have been pulled Big Cross and in the West Gate, rebuilding and trade, but naturally prices one soaring and money is very tight, It {is very dificult to get ready money for cheques on Chungking, Hankow, or Shanghai, Every one needs all there is for this building. And not unlikely the general political situation throughout the country is partly T have several times thad occasion refer to the "Opium Suppression Fine" nominally demanded of all who cultivate opium but really required of all farmers irrespective of the question as to whether thay cultivate it or not. Hitherto the setual farmers have had to pay. I earn that now both landowners and. tenants are required to pay; not, it appears, each paying one haif—this sounds fair enough—but each paying the full fine! Trust the Chinese to devise ways and means, All seems quiet on most of the main roads, so far as I can find out and i think it may be said that on the whole there is improvement in political conditions in spite of the Tumours about a Yunnanese invasion. Trade vid Kuangsi is largely restricted, but this is on account of political arid military conditions in that province, The roads out vid Szechuan and Hunan seem to be open. whole garden was supervised by Jean Kemp as Mary, noted in Mother Goose circles for her contrar'vess and horticultural prowess; and a gardener, complete with rake, in the person of Mary Sinclair. Those were assisted by Helen Has-Kell a8 a watering can.
attendance as spectators were the whole faculty, including Mis Richardson, as a maypole, and Mr. Stone, as an anonymous' botanical Pienomenon. After the march past, the flowers indulged in games, under the direction of Mrs. Fondell, and thoroughly amused both themselves and spectators, until the time came for refreshments, which were provided in their usual abundance, by care of Mrs. Stone. The whole party was a conspicuous success To the uninitiated it seemed mary that costnaes of such ety and brilliance could have been produced with the naturally very limited means.at the disposal of the designers, and the usually drab academic surroundings of the Assembly Hall transformed into such a scene of colour and light.
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