One of my neighbours, partially acquainted with every personage in the city and intimately familiar with tea-shop talk regaled me with the following:
(1) Our wealthiest citizen when approached for a loan to the new government, suddenly had business, "Ningpo more far." His return.distinctly indefinite, (2) When the new Nationalist Government first began to function, the so-called Reds were in the as-candent. A list of 50 names comprising those who had culture, wealth, influence ete., was made up for "adjustment." This word "adjustment" means locally anything from mild remonstrate to a forced funeral. Fortunately, while fluttering was in process, the Moderates came in and the socially elect recovered equilibrium.
(3). A shop-keeper operating at a ess, had demands from his staff for increase of wages. He promptly offered to turn over the shop' to them and himself to work for the wages of the least one of them. After solemn conclave, examination Of accounts, excess of compliments =the status quo ante was resiim-
(4) One of the local bankers early in 1927 anticipating that his place would be looted, assembled all the "bad silver" dollars and counterfeit currency notes, placed them in easily opened boxes and sequestrated the good money. The Northern soldiers have not yet returned to make claims, (6) Traces of a smile came into his face as he dilated on the disappointment of-the job-seekers. It appears that quite a crowd follow Nationalistic armies hoping to secure solatiums in newly acquired territory. Patriotism surely must have premiums. When treasuries fare uniformly bare and immediate Sources of revenue must be devised and deputed in order to realize, they hasten to headquarters to secure commissions that very often have been already designated.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.