The anti-Christian and antiforeign agitation has taken on a very serious turn here. One of the striking Yale students came to stir jup trouble and as a result a student trike was called. The students in the Presbyterian Boys school mot masse to discuss what they shouisl io. They decided to strike and gave. as their reasons, "that the school was not complying with Govern-rent regulations, and was not regis: tered. Also that they were compelled to study the Bible and attend \Christian services." One class had already torn up their Bibles and scattered them all over the campus. The first day 19 signed up to leave left. and the second day about 80 in all The serious thing about the whole fair is that they have told so many truths. They reported that two the foreign teachers here, with revolvers on their persons, had vatehed them sign up and leave, This is a sample of the thin Ihave said. This too was not ori with the Siangtan boys, for. the same had been reported of the Yale foreign teachers several weeks (2) This Hsien shall devote 00,000 mn of opium cultivation and those felix will be allotted to 81 villages in this Hsien after the vestigation on acreage Ix com ed. The method of allotment will be published separately. village shall cultivate ing to the fields allotted if the owner of the fields dock loi pant opium, he must pay hard [cash instend of cultivation, (4) The owner should pay his tax according to the mumber of mit devoted (o opium cultivation, lendered that no additional tax shall collected if fields planted with poppy do nor exceed twice ay much fax that allotted to the farmer, Por instance, if one mur is the allot ment to a farmer, that farmer shalt pay one $5, although eeultivates more than his allotment, providing it does not exceed 2 mir.
(5) Every village should submit jo detailed report on the number of mu cultivated with poppy. by every farmer, for the convenience of later investigation, (6) en per cent. of the total taxes of each village whall go to the collector of the opium revenue, but 5 per cent. will be granted if a [collector raises. more revenue than that expec (1) Teo ame of mountain arid area shall be taxed us one mu of good fields, (8) The number of mu shall be measured by the Government, there ix any local inneruraey.
(9) A double fine shall be ins fioted if the farmer reports less than he cultivates, (29) The police amd troops are responsible fort protection opium-cultivation mers of euch This movement is passing through fall the Christian schools, One higher primary Eh school of this city also refused to practice music, the singing of Christian hymns. The principal told them they could either sing or not return, Most of them came buck.
(LY The shall be pad 29 days before the reaping the poppy fidds, or the cultivator "hall be fined, 42) "These regulations shall be effective on the day of their prow mulgation and shall be amended by a joint meeting, if found incomplete, /—Reuter's Pacific Service,
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