During the last few weeks out] General Tai Tao-yuen has _been absent from the city with the greater part of his soldiers endeavouring, to drive out the Communist leader Ho Lung, who had settled down to stay in the neighbourhood of Tze! The bandit leader Chao Teh-pien, who took such a rich loot from this city last year about this time, is also said to be on the war path in, No definite news of the fight Ing has reached here a3_yct, al int rumours are about, is soon to be attack-
'A trip o¥ several weeks through the country districts about here reveal a sorry picture of wanton] destruction by bandits and looting} soldiers during the last few years. Many places that once did quite little business are almost deserted. Small bands of robbers still go] about unhindered robbing and] molesting the people at will.
jon aries in the western part of the province are not having very peaceful time at present. Word has just come that at one mission premises the magistrate has taken down the church sign,—quartered soldiers there and told them that] they are to find their fire wood inside the church, The Christians are being arrested and put into gaol] for no known offence, no one being]
lowed to visit them or take them Some months ago an American missionary in Senchow gave twal cheques to a shop. Part of the face value was paid over in silver balance to be paid as, the Mission had need of the money. Quite ecommion practice where it is difficult} to get silver. The shop then sold the cheques to another party and shortly after declared themselves bankrupt. On hearing this the sionary wired to have payment stopped on the cheques. One had randy been presented for payment. The other one, which was for about $1,000 had not been presented and payment was stopped. This created real storm, Posters were put up all over the city denouncing the foreigner and the Mission. In the local trial that followed the magis-gave verdict in favour of the Mission. This was appealed to Changsha, the missionary not being present to defend, and the verdict was reversed, the magistrate ordering the Missionary out of the Province, The missionary has so far remained at his post, believing that} to run would be considered an evidence of guilt. The military refuse! to use force to drive the missionary out of the province. Beantime post ers are being put up all over the country some appearing in this city, giving the Chinese viewpoint and denouncing the foreigner. 'The case! is being watched with interest by' all foreigners residing in this section, to take any MANDATE was issued on March 44, reports the "Shunpao," appointing Dr. ©, T. Wang plenipotentiary Chinese delegate to negotiate for the rendition of Weihaive disturbed for the past quarter of a century. These medals were sent out by the Russian War Ministry, Just after the Russo-Japanese war, for the Track Department to dis tribute to those of their employees who had won awards for military service, but -who were either dead or who had disappeared. During the period that has intervened since the medals were placed in the safe, the secretaryship has been handed down from person to person and, with the other inventory, they have remained in safe-keeping.
As a matter of fact, the offices of the Railway Administration have a veritable mien of relics stored in one place or another on their extensive premises. As nobody seems to be particularly interested. in what. these various Meaches" contain, it is possible that they will remain undisturbed for many years to come and until the Administration offices are removed to even larger buildings. The old place then can be tured into a museum, for it already contains many curios of the Manchurian past.
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