The Archive · 1928

British Flag Fi Ies at Chinkiang

Consulate Reopened But Most Foreign Property Still Held by Troops: A Resident Revisits His Home Thou the flag flies again at H. M. Consulate in Chinkiang, the city is still in the position of marking time. Troop movements fof Chinese through the city and up the Grand Canal to the north, with a carefree disregard on their part the raising of the flag at H. MIN. Consulate on the hill overlooking the city passed with only a: bare note of the fact, though it marked the restoration of British property, taken and occupied by Chinese soldiers without so much og a "by your of the rights of foreign property, have prevented foreign busiest! from returning to their houses in the Concession, but many still go to business there, living outside.

Employees of the oil company for instance, dwell at the companies! installations, some distance away.

Since March 23, 1927, when, Nanking incident, walked" out Chinese soldiers walked in, the Concession has been going thrugh unhappy times, Outwardly it is Uttle changed, according to "re cent arrival in Shanghai, but in-tide the foreign houses hardly 22 thing remains.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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