From Our Own Correspondent, Tunghaien, Sze, Tani 98.
"Thanks to the neutral or. rather "independent"" attitude of Gen. Cheng, of the sth Division, with headquarters at Kiating, and under whose authority" this at present, General Cheng attends to his own tittle domain, avoids oppress sive levies and taxes and is very) Jealous of ong else trespass While some counties in tha province have alrei sady paid the land taxes for the sth and 19th this county has not been called upon to pay the tax in hunter and a strong part of the Southern party tried to secure totfiee from these in power.
AS al preliminary, as sent here to propose that Shih Chin-yang.
one of Hsiung Keh-wu's should quarter troops in this city and distri Who ho made iv proposal the local gentry were very wrath aod some were of a mind to remove! his head, but they fleaily the Inck' Ly appel larry the propos That rosed of the matter for the officer referred promptly w and has not beet seen The report on the street wat Gen. Cheng's men were orders to fight if uecessury, their hold on this strate, Wang, for man of his years is most energetic, spending much time touring his dist He has taken active steps to prevent the planting of opium, fining heavily some the were guilty the ing the digging up of already sprouted.
Lists have Teen made of these farmers upon whose jand the poppy has been found growing and these will be added to as evidence comes in. Those who have dug up the plant or whose poppies have been dug. up by oticers of been noted and magistrate, on his the law hayd! tour of in-
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