I hear that Jungcheng, which it was very much feared would be captured in the summer, has escaped and the man Siao, to whom I have referred _several times, has been killed and Jung-cheng seems much more at rest, but already I have heard of one instance in which this new citizen organization has already turned robber, killed three people, and taken over their smuggled opium; and that when the fourth one escaped and reported the matter, the official appointed men to go and inspect the bodies, this new organization refused to allow this to be done! So it looks as though there is growing in China disorder that looks not a little like Bolshevism.
The rains for the summer have not been very severe, but enough to ensure good crops without drowning, and to enable farmers to_prepare for wheat.
The auto-service was suspended for some 20 days by reason of the roads and the tufei, but is running again now.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.