Gen, Hsiung's Schemes for General Improvement Gon, Using Hsi-hui, the local Garrison Commissioner, is reported by the Chinese papers to have drawn a plan whereby his soldiers will do some work whilst stationed in Shanghai, so as to prevent them from becoming a general nuisance to hoop them in a fit condition, The plan applies to Gen. Hsiung's troops stationed in and between Shanghai and Soochow, Gen, Hsiung's plan follows:—Soldiers shall devote their spare time to road building, as roads are equal importance in military affaire as they are in commercial transportation Soldiers shall erect barracks in, order to do away with the evil of commandeering the homes citizens; and Soldiers shall assist in the laying out of public parks, because there are many such in the Settlement, put none in Chinese territory, and the result is that there are no open spaces for civilians and troops to rest and fo take recreation, Ture authori tion have issued proclamations forbidding the people gather together on festival days as, they say, the Communists may take advantage of the situation to create trouble and it will be difficult to distinguish who is a, Communis and who is not.
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