Nanking, Jan, 23.
Patent rights have been granted for a ricksha taximeter invented by Ying Shu-chih and registered with the Ministry of Industry. The device consists of a mileage and price meter, capable of recording automatically the distance travelled and the corresponding price of the trip—Kuo Min the men come from to niake up. lenses in the ranks? And low do they manage to push through all obstructions toward their 2ujective?
really cannot credit the reposts of severe fighting against such heavy opposition. It looks to me more as though they are being given free passage if they do not for." fighting. Though why the authorities should want them to concentrate in Sze~ be that" an agreement chuan Teannot see. It can hardly
would be made to let them set up Soviet state in Szechuan on condi tion of not molesting other parts.
Criminal Hangers-On Thus far I have been unable to get reliable evidence that the Communists have misbehaved In this Drovince by destruction of property. They seem to have gone fon their way rather orderly. We have not heard that they ill-trested Mr. Smith whom they took prisoner in Srechuan and brought across the border, and there is no report of cruelty toward the captives taken October 1 at Kinchow. Tam wondering whether by and by it will be shown that the barbarities per~ petrated In connection with the Communist activities " have been committed by the riffcraft who gathered about them for purposes of Plunder, or to wreak vengeance on enemies. We need nobody to tell us That there are great numbers of seasoned criminals here, as everywhere, who would seize' the chance to plunder or wreak spite whenever there seems a chance of getting away with We have no. warning that the Communists have moved nearer to Kueiyang during the ten days rest, infer that they are moving another direction. There has been some mild alarm here, but no movement for safety from attack.
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