Soldiers and Police Fight Over Opium Money Fags Our Ows Conte Kutichow, Feb, 7.
The day before yesterday, there "scrap" between some' of the nnllitary and the police on the meloe Youd outside the north district Police Station when two of." the police are' said to have been killed, According to report, it arose from Some soldiers smoking opium ina opium den and refusing to pay whereupon the owner called the vewho arrested. the men" and they were taken to the station and detained. Soon after, a lot of other Soldiers came and a brief fight took place with the result ay mentioned above." OF course, it is quite pos sible that the facts ax to the cause' Of the trouble are not told correct ly and it is not easy to get at the bottom of these affairs; the matter was serious at any rate that all the shops and stores in the street at once were closed lest the trouble spread. 'To-day the sequel has been that two oF niore men, including: captain and a lieutenant, have been, executed, S9 maintaining' public cone fidence in the determination of the authorities to preserve peace.
Tam told by one probably able to know the facts that at a recent conference of civ high position here that the attitude of the "religions "m0. doubt, meaning, the Peo Nanking be! on, the subject. If 1 am correctly informed, the provincial Government approved. of statement and passed it on to the national Government. If this true, T wonder what' Nanking will say,"in view of the constitution of the' Republic having declared concubinage to be the same as bigamy.
Opium still continues to be ex: ported; even as recently as to-day, a caravan has left this city, gain remembering the loyalty of these men over a long period and advances made in their command fand surrounding country in the interests of the people, would brook Tr was quite well nized. that the insurrection way Communists plans carefully laid and used plenty' of money.
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