1, The two Army Corps under the command of General Lu Chung-Jin and General Yang Hu-chen have attacked and captured Hsuchow and took prisoner 200 Japanese disguised as Shantung troops.
2 The Government has issued fan order for stringent measures to be taken against (the activities of) the Communist Party in Nanchang and Kiukiang. Commander-in-Chief. Tang (Song-chi) has telegraphed instructions to Kuangtung to intercept the routed rebel troops, #0 that the two rebels, Ho (Lung) and Yih (Ting), may not escape capture.
The anti japanese movement In Taiyuan has become very strong. An association for the breaking off of economic relations with Japan is being formed, 4. Over a score of the students in) arrested in Peking have already been liberated.
The coolies on strike at being firmly opposed to iterists, are refusing to unnents of war munitions.
6. The bogus Nanking Government ix imposing all sorts of vexatious taxes, even not excepting aerated waters and firecrackers on which taxes must be paid.
7. General Chu. (Pei-teh), General Director of Field Operations, has yone to Changsha where the citizens are making preparations to accord him a grand reception.
8 General Cheng Ta-chang's Army (one of Marshal Feng Yuhsiang's adherents) hag captured Tsinan.
Comrade Borodin has started towards Shenehou; while his wife has left Peking in disguise.
10. Certain relatives of Pu Yi (ex-Emperor Hsuan Tung) have become (? members of) the bodyguard of the rebel (? Chang Tso-lin.)
11, The Ministry of Agriculture is prohibiting usury; the annual rate of interest is not allowed to exceed 20 per cent, while the monthly rate must not exceed 2 per cent. the computation of compound interest is also forbidden, so is any ventional refusal without good reason to lend money.
12. The Central Government has appointed General Chin Yun-ao to be General Director of Military Operations of the 8th Army Group, the SMR. zone. When Japan says that she has such a huge investtment im Manchuria, which is essential to her eesnomie existence that she cannot afford to have that! territory thrown into anarchy and misery to satisfy a few upstart ex-plaiters of civil war, that may be frank "Imperialism" or it may not, but itis certainly such sound sense that no Power on earth outside Red circles is going to ble with it. "Nationalism" would like to forestall a foreign united front in China"by stirring up old sus hope that these efforts will meet with the consideration to which the unrepentant looters of Nanking and, Haichow are duly entitled. When We pause and consider the fact that the Chinese population of the Japanese leased territory in the Liaotung peninsula has" increased 1,400 per cent. in 20 years, largely [through immigration from distracted Shantung, we have always to wonder whether continued Japanese occupation of China' ely land" would have been such well-being after all. heinous outrage against China'
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