Besides the bombs, the cross-Beams were found to be strewn with powder, and the inside surface fof the mats' with which the struc ture was covered had been saturated with kerosene—all in all, a perfect five-trap. The discovery was made fon the morning of the tenth, and while Canton was partaking in the duy's festivities, in dark ignorance of the danger, the memorial arch wns razed to the ground, Police were detailed to search every one of the twenty oF thirty:"pai las" that Doviicrspiritea dodios had bait a few days before, and guards were titiened there during the entire three days' celebration so that the radicals might not turn them into fire-traps too, "The Chief of Police had expected the Reds to attempt the distribu. tion of Soviet pamphlets and circulars on this occasion, but the guardians of the law were too much in evidence, and the majority of the distributors stopped work almost before they had begun, One man, however, waa caught in the First Public Park with a bundle of radical circulars under his arm; his friends are already mourning is demise.
The Fire Fox Busy During the three days, October 10 to 12, five fires broke out in Canton,' Naturally, the suspected they were of incendiary origin, but there is an entire lack Of proof. Only one blaze did any appreciable amount of damage. of Twenty stores were destroyed on Tai Sun Street, the Mecca of all travellers who stop in the City of Rams, and valuable antiques, works of art in jade and other precious stones, wore lost when this row of thobs was consumed.
The popular time for collecting insurance hitherto has been just before Chinese New Year, but an early start has been made this geason, A whole village was des troyed on Tashatou island, reached by bridge, from the Canton Bund, several weeks ngo. More recently there has been an even wor eatastrople, more than a hundred business places and residences being burned to the ground in the suburb of Fongchen. Moreover, there have been numerous blazes of compara tively minor importance. Coming at a time when foreign fire insurtance companies have taken a renewed interest in covering risks in this city, this is most deplorable. Canton continues to be the "hard luck" city for fire insurance companies.
Central Bank notes are back at par, and the mint has begun to coin new issue of twenty-cent pieces, which should quickly cause the rament of the vert quantity of ous, light-weight, and mutilate '40 coins with which the public have
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