the chasing out of the Reds, doubtless the Chinese administration will yo longer be powerless there. "Can you wonder," a non-political official ked us, "that local officials are corrupt and powerless? All the funds for the improvement of Sikang go down the Szechuen drain on its way up here. Any day, moreover, may see the Central Government take over here. Without power and money, and the possibility of being fired to-narrow, what can a local magistrate 0 but to-day to the most powerful of his opposition and pocket what fash he: cai
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