Hwaiking city has been set astir with the news that 2000 soldiers are coming to protect the city. For the most part the news has been treated with suspicion by the People generally, However, on good authority the local officials and gentry report that there is no need to fear for the soldiers who are coming are not friends of the bandits and they are well trained peace-loving troops.
Once again the survey flags are flying along the proposed line of the Ching Mong Railway. Operations-are now under way for buying the land and a number of Chinese mow of land have actually been purchased at Ching-hua where operations for grading the road bed will begin. It may be easily -recaNed by some that the grading of this Ching Mong Railway was to have helped the famine refugees of north Honan in autumn and spring of 1920 and 1921.
After two years and one half of almost steadily raising prices the recently harvested autumn crops have been ample enough to cause a marked drop in the grain markets. Wheat ly still scarce and will remain high in price in comparison with the coarser cereals, however, a good 10 per cent. decrease has already been sffected.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.