Property Seized Indiscriminately by Dr. Sun and Sold Regard-
Canton, Oct. 21.
Thousands of families in the Wongsha, Paktzekiao, Lungmeitao, and other precincts within the city of Canton will face pos-sithe eviction, unless they are able to verify their property-holdings with Imperial deeds, issued several generations ago, or to redeem them through a new purchase, in which they will undoubtedly be accorded preference. Military confiscation of temples, monasteries, nunneries, and their endowed and attached movable or immovable belongings for sale to swell the war-chest of' Dr. Sun Yat-sen's mercenary army has been proceeding in many parts of Kuangtung for the last nine months, but the propose™ confiscation of business and residential sections, involving 75 to 130 streets and many thousand homes and shops, is unprecedented. The property owners concerned are vigorously protesting against the threatened action, and they have the support of the Federated Chambers of Commerce of the province and the sympathy of all neutral and non-combatant Cantonese, though the latter dare not express it,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.