Greater Activity Reported:
Problem of Exadicating the Designs on Area Scourge Fnoat Our Owx Cousssroxoexr Fae Ous Owx Contesroxnent Hankow, June 17.
Kaifeng, June 15.
Information received from various districts outside the Wuhua Cities, [show that the Communists are again becoming active and from all apbearances they are making. anoth however, is being placed troops who are entrusted. with the [protection of the Cities, and especially the 48th Division, who, although they vare in arrears for' pay, a Hupeh men, and therefore ready protect their home areas. Aeroplanes fare to be seen leaving here every morning, and returning some hours afterwards, and it is presumed that hey are on" the watch for any threatening movement that may" be The str, Paowo arrived here on Wednesday from up river and reported that she had been heavily Sred on at No. 7 crossing which is. jabour 150 miles from here, and one of the Chinese passengers was shot the back. He was landed at Cheng-ling, but succumbed to his wounds. These shots were no doubt fired by General Chang Fang, commander lof the 20h route army, has beet removed from" the civil commis:
mnership.of the province and hing-tsai has been appointed in
fir, Li has addressed n communica"
lace, "On assumption of ff, tion fo the officers under him in which he stresses the necessity for
economical life, especially. in view Government ofa Yo lend an Jor the fact that the country Is at through difficult been very, busy few days in. devise means. of improving the administration of the. province:
Mr. Chang Ting-siu, chief secrotary' to the provincial! government, good enough to give a special Interview to your correspondent. which he dwelt at considerable length on the existing communist situation in the province. He. said that all the big gangs of communist-bandits have "been cleared away from the province but hinted at the possibility' of their return in case Bhe troops, at present. stationed. in the province, have been removed. looking' rather the worse for her recent experience. It will be remembered that she went ashore near last month, and has only recently been refloated. The main damage is to the bows, and she is expected to leave for Shanghai shortly to undergo repairs.
Work has not yet begun on the S.A.D. 3 wall, although apparently contract has been Placed. The delay seems to be brought about the inability of the "Council to Jarrange with the Chinese City authorities to protect the area which overflows from the Native City, ling into the road. This matter caused.
lot of controversy during the flood ast year, when the barricades erect fed by the S.-A.D, 3, were removed and the water from the Native City allowed to pass into the concession. The present suggestion is to raise the path at the entrance:
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