On another occasion a soldier went! to an opium shop to buy five ounces of opium. He put ten silver dollars on-the table and so was quoted the silver price, $1.80 per ounce. When the opium was handed to him, he took up the silver dollars and said he had suddenly remembered he re-Quire® them and put down a $10 note instead. The price of opium in silver price for which he again paid in notes. The discount on Hankow C. B, notes in 0 per cent., on Hankow Treasury notes 47 per cent, and on Kiangs!
B. notes 50 per cent.
Under such conditions trade is impossible. It would be difficult to find Words to describe the loathing with which the Hankow Government and all its works regarded in Kiangsi, The daily prayer is for the earl rival of the troops of Chiang Kai shek, but little do the poor people realize that. they would only be moving from the frying pan into the fire, 'The Concession To-day Mr. Perey Chen, Chief Inspector of Special Districts, has paid Kiukiang a visit. "The Chinese officially took over the administer tion of the ex-Concession on March 15, but up to date there has been no' pretence or an attempt to keep any sort of control or order.
Mr. Chen came to put all this right. He arrived with a nice tite printed book of rules and. by-laws for the new Kiukiang Special Administrative District. ft tra be loo nice place in which to provide several comfortable jobs for friends and relations of the Han. kow Government, jobs to be paid for of course, by the foreigner. There} fare no Chinese residing in the ex-
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