The night previous to the arrival in Canton of this West River vandal, surprise visit which a force of police and detectives made at the Yuet Wah Hotel resulted in bagging another enemy of the government, {whose capture was well worth while, Room 50, the register showed, was occupied by two foreigners, and the only man found "in" admitted Ruse sian citizenship, though admission im this case was hardly needed, for [bundles of letters written in Russian were picked up there by the officers, fand it is said. that they contain evidence sufficient to convict the occupant of Room 50 of being a Communist, and of plotting against the Canton authorities. Besides all these missives, bundles of counter~ feat banknotes were found. There re, in addition, bottles of acids id much paraphernalia for making spurious money.
From last accounts, it seems certain that a strip of territory along the Hunan border of this province iv still held by the "Reds." 'Their numbers Qn, and the government Proceeding very cautiously. Some ground has been gained by the latter, but several important towns are' still occupied by the enemy.
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