The Mayor, Mr.. "Liu Wen-tao, received, a sudden order to" Nanking to interview Gen, Chiang Kai-shek and he left' by last night's steamer, without giving out any news as to what this visit may mean. It is a pity that he is to be, absent at this juncture, for, a new agitation is being started against the local French authorities. Plans are being Mi for a meeting under the auspices of the various unions, to demand the immediate retrocession of the French Concession.
The ground for this new movement is trivial. Some little time Jago, the Mayor ordered the total suppression of Flower-drum Plays. These are the plays of a licentious nature in which the female parts fare taken by women, in defiance of old-time custom in China, a drum being beaten at the entrance to let the visitor know what to expect. At least one of these companies found a place in the French Concession and continued its perform-'According to the long stories which are appearing in the Chinese Press, a request was made to the French Consul for the suppression of this place and he promised that the matter should be investigated. The Chinese demanded action rather than investigation, but the Consul-General stood on his rights,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.