Youngsters Taught Abuse by Their Elders From Our Own Connespoxpext From Oce OwN Connrsroxoer Wasih, Jan. 5.
Chungking, Dec. 20, As is unfortunately true in so] much of the world, 1932 is. coming in heralded by a general business [depression in Wusih, Foremost among the causes which contribute to this state of affairs, is the very bad state of the silk market. 'Out of forty-eight Slatures only five are running and they will soon close, as they cannot afford to run in the present state of the market. The average seling price of a picul of silk thread is Tis, 1,200, but the present price Tis,' 450. "As. the owners the. present price they are running on capital in the few cases where they are running The shops are feeling a double strain, in the frozen Japanese stock referred to a month ago, and in the fact that the silk " fature workers who are among their best customers, and from whom they collect on the semi-monthly pay days, on account of goods Lougt on credit, are now scattered to their homes in the country, and cannot be found, or if they' could be, could not pay their overdue accounts, The landlords of tenements for factory workers are among" the heavy losers, as are also the banks, and their difficulties reflect in turn fon the already over-burdened shopkeepers who, being unable to collect notes due ' from filatures,—cannot extend the sorely needed credit to shops, The farmers have a double load to carry as well as the shopkeeper At the time of writing peace reigns. There is, of course, soma anti other places. "Cat-calling" atten foreigners is still indulged both children and adults—it is clear that the youngsters The other day ithin sight and hearing of am officer of police the writer was told he was a foreign-pig in addition ta Cine son'on SReabtly Parwcched ethucn and Kucchewr Reciiings "staying at tne: ines place for over a fortnight, going Piety oe! over" ote diet the journey or during my stay im capital did I_ he Nacle oftaalee remarie.'The tee EaRsutes sult do sometog ure ths i they we. euleate seri casa hi, tarsus pres tet he do." The mare cles capyar at hands Soreigner posses) ta large fachehon the ney motor Red certain sections of the student Work on the Chungkng-Che mater wad all woof number of hire cars using it Hees te tosrsuoe so do tt sua of ricshas. The cars are largely used by the Chinese for joy n The Gbivers fromthe rile thay take and their fine disregard of tha rights of pedestrians, do not inspire confidence, The ricshas are of the Serr pores oot oon of teat would be permitted on the streets in Shanghai, since in spite of having a 70. per In the city, north, south, cast and cent. crop they cannot sell to the wens theses wadi baling going hogs, because the latter have no on, Old buildings are being de-In addition to this they molished, the streets widened and suffer greatly from the depredati modern buildings being erected. of famine refugees, who wander Everywhere one sees new foreign" over the country and small villages, rally seeking what they may] sisi buildings, mostly shops. and devour. There are a few reli stations for famine refugees in ever, property ownerd wi mutenagh Tyke march of progeny city, but either these really do not When" the "authorities "decide minister adequately to the needs of frien a\stost property owners ote the refugees, or else the latter Totited that? euldiee mat merely prefer to help themselves come down by a certain date, failing to the chickens, eggs, and drying the owner's razing the building this vegetables of the country people. is done by the "Municipality. wha The local government seems quite ake the Sri pay for the Wore unable to cope with the situation, No compensation is allowed, In this dreary state of affairs, it More and more the new style is a comfort to turn to the cotton re stocking foreign goods and weaving factories, which are oran the nett tunis, Slaps ing a Touring trade owing to the stoking Tew a eet Japanese boycott.
Tincd teed "ste About 2,000 soldiers are station-feature about the shops is ed at Weisan where the famous sere tot ance, tht fave "Temple of the Iron Feet" is serv.
Nothing is too much trouble for them, Ing as a. military, hospital, and In the Public Park there is now where drilling, and practice work in digging trenches and_throwing seeereny where foreign food is fortifications lends a very ware 'The Kueiyang correspondent com like air to the peaceful village at plains about "squeeze" in the Radio the foot of the' mountain. These office. This is not peculiar to Kuete soldiers "are and A message was handed ig their appearance lo here for Shangh in plain English shade better than that of the The rate is 20 cents per word. The Northern soldiers, with whose com-clerk wanted 60 cents per word and pany we have in addition told the sender's mese favoured, while senger that it was the practice ta They charge for a word in addition te are said to receive their pay with the number contained in the address some little regularity, " and aland the acti Telia, Net ames spectacular bit of public discipline tent with a "squeeze" of 40 cents has made a most "favourable impere he west an extra 80caata Pression on the 'A soldier Gihtoainiy es susmge, won soak Was caught escaping with two gold for Sh conta sword without the none ings which he had stolen from a latent weed Seog thered for local jeweller, and was promptly connation withthe air mi the shot, to the great satisfaction of out "ORs a the general public who envelope to which can be affixed past have seen such bebay than winked at by superior officers, mail user bought an envelope. frou' the post office and affixed the necess= Larges On the elie being ake to the branch office it ws fused HoceSe had eke ad ce ale eet
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