Seven demands which the combines Japanese merchant bodies of Swatow prepared on Thursday were laid before the Mayor by the Consul. The substance of three of these demands Jyour. correspondent has already. Stated, and the gist of a fouth has subsequently come to the knowles fof the press. It Is a clear~ for the abolition of the Treasury's Smuggling Suppression Service.
Largerly Is it because of the nature these demands that the Provincial Government holds that these can no Tonger be put dowa as local incidents Jney affect the whole province, and must be considered and acted upon bby the Provincial Government.
Swatow news correspondents are responsible for the statement that the same evening that Mr. Harady handed to Mayor Li Yuan-hua the lengthy Ust of demands, he put per~ its to carry arms in the hands of Municipal authorities are "nea: cording to report, by the arrival of So many Japanese and Taiwanese at Swatow from Taiwan and Amoy during the past several days, The hands of preventive agents Ihave been stayed. Since the 27th there has been absolutely no attempt to ferret out smuggled rice at the port. The agents have not been in-feline, however, for they have been Sent into six East River counties to make a thorough search for grain on which the special tax has not been Mr. Fan Chen-pang, head of the preventive agents at Swatow, and second to Mr. An Feng-pu in the whole province, has gone to Chi tang to superintend the investigation, and J&3 bags of yellow beans were seized jin the county seat of Chiyang Thursday. as were also several tens lof bags of rice. Armed escorts sav" the booty conveyed to Swatow.
"The rice and bean hongs of Swatow Jdebated lost Thursday and Friday the Jpropricty of constituent houses enaxing in these illegitimate transac-ions... The upshot of their debates fin both eases was that a reward of [$100 should be given to any person informing on a guild shop that has tecon trading in smuggled bears rice, The gullly member will be ex-Jpelled from the hong, and will ostracized by the members in good standing.
There are divergent views as Jwhether the Shaochow Aeroplane Factory site should be given up, and the machinery taken to the Mapa Arsenal.
Last September the North River rose and overflowed its banks, Jand the water got into the factory. Tt has taken all this time to remove the rust from the motors and ma-
Testing as it does on conerete bases. the heavy machinery cannot be r2- moved without more or less damage being done to it. On that grows some. governmental officers recom-Jmend digging. a sluice around the Factory, with an cullet in a large pool that will impound the water that otherwise again will inundate the structure If there be a recurrence of floods.
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