The situation here is very tense, The city has been placed under full martial law and no one is allowed on the streets after 11 pam, A few days ago, companies of soldiers with Toaded: guns. were. placed in. tempi convener schoo!
a general search was made communists, of whom there are supposed to be' 5,000 in the ity. About twenty men were arrested. and many guns and revolvers together with a large quantity of munition, wore captured, 'The er of the Communists was not cap. tured, but the second-in-charge was taken' and the authorities are now trying to make the arrested men ive information.
There is nothing in the local papers, on account of censors in the newspaper offices, and we hear very few rumours, People are seared to talk, as they fear they will be taken og-Communists. During the search, several opium traffickers were cap-fured and are in prison waiting ial 'A man supposed to be a Communist has just been taken to the execution grounds and shot,
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