of central Honan, so far no more than a dream, is shortly to become a reality. This report of building to be commenced is more hopeful in that it is stated the merchants the local government, through the project. to join the Ping-an line to the; wealthy town of Yuchow. where there It expected to ye heavy tate cotton, fron, coal, wheat and Chinese in'its principal products such as
On December i9 in the afternoon, fand six workmen were seriously injured. The railway is now running as usual but the loss incurred fat this accident is stated to be Ko, commandant of the 100th Division, arrived here from Peking yesterday' to confer with Gen, Liu Chin, chairman" of this province, concerning the movement of his army towards Honan. ported to have attacked Shangchen Some 2,000 Communists are re-{in southern Honan and the military authorities of the province have pent an army, to suppress them. More than 1,000 bandits under the notorious Wang Vu," who was Hormerly active in the west, have now decamped into the south. Gen. Chany commandant of the 20th Route Army, telegraphed Gen. Yang Hu-cheng, ' pacification commis: sioner of SI asking him to suppress this group. and Scholars Early this month sbout 330 catties of opium wag seized by the magistrate of Chihsien in northern Honan. It was stated that the of the 20th Route Army. He is also opium belonged to Gen. Chang Fang stated to have wanted to pay his
sale, Soldiers with the proceeds of itx Acting upon instructions issued by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, the Honan provincial government" has nounced its. strict prohibition of the planting of poppy throughout the Province. Magistrates will severely punished whenever poppy plants are discovered in regions has been appoint-commissioner for the province for the purpose of inspecting conditions in Yuhsien, Chengping and Neihsiang, and Mr. Li Wen-hao, financial commissioner for the purpose of inspecting conditions in Nanyang in the. south, They will start on their tour shortly.
Gen, Li Pei-chi, civil commissioner of the province who recently went touth to inspect conditions there, returned here just the other dag with inspiring news. He stated education in Chengpinghsien general and he found 270 schools 200 villages there. All. the children attend and none of the girls have their feet bound. The villages are connected by telephone lines and on either side of the motor roads, trees are being planted and ing cared for.
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