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wdiente that that place will be a fit abode for foreigners in the near future. The only foreigner there the Postal Commissioner. Whenever a Lesson On one day the troops broke into several foreign compounds but, apart from mprending themselves about In aid no harm. the extra space thus obtained, the But the aight of one company commander, who had climbed over the fence of the children's playground land. was eating his lunch. in. the summer house, where, the" ehildven ise.to-play, was too much for some irelgners who happened to go by, They entered the garden and ordered him out, The ofoer refused to and 90 they took his gear and that his orderlies, who were standing around, and threw it over the fence {nto the road. Coats, hats, belt, despatch bags, they all went over, The Commander then decided it was time to go and it was just as well he id, been use the next thing which Would have been shot over the fence was his Tuneh. His men, some 200
4 coolie-labour leader enters his office and speaks to him, he has to stand up. Soldiers have marched into his office andi at the pistol's point ordered nim to sell them stamps to the value $10,000 in exchange for depreciate ed paper notes. On several occasions t night shots have been fired through his windows to intimidate 'A feeling of something about to happen hangs over the province and thought that fighting" between the Communist troops and' those of Chiang Kai-shek will soon break out. The Chinese are convinced, that Chiang Kai-shek- will win, and the ers wonder what will happen ix property when the retreating!
umuuist armies retire through Kiukiang. There are ample foreign} naval forces available in Kiukiang, harbour, but will they be allowed to} protect their nationals and their property? To this question no straight forward reply has yet been gi
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