Chengtu, Mar. 24.
Since the crushing defeat of the [Reds under Mao Tse-lung and Hsu Hsiang-chien about Lushan "by the doughty Gen, Hsueh Yueh, there has been peace about the border. The Reds have retired into the mountains in the Meng Keng area, and the hurried march of Ho Lung to the Yunnan Border didn't do him such good, as Hsueh scattered his allies before he could come up. It is a fine strategic vielory for Gen, Hsueh; his forces lost heavily in casualties, but nothing leompared to the Reds who were severely punished and cowed for the time bein general condition of temporary peace "is reflected in the Annual Spring Fair and Flower Show which Is running true to form just outside {the Chengtu elly wall in the temple grounds of the Green Goat Temple, Tels a Chenglu institution that has been running intermittently for over 2,000 years. The farmers of 90 hsiens or municipalities come in with {thelr produce and flowers, and set up their bolls at the Fair,
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