Barbed-wire is none too plentiful beyond Wuchow and as a substitute bamboo poles split in two with one end of each half whittled into a sharp point must serve, These. will deter trench-raiders, Wholesale orders for these poles must be filled by every -Kwangsi county and magistrates will have the peasants out cutting down bamboo to the extent of ten to fifteen million of them. It is said that the spikes will be poisoned, It Is risky to come out of Kwangui unless one can establish his identity, und prove beyond @ doubt that his exit Is solely for personal reasons, Wuchow is tightly blockaded and matter what flag is flown, a merchant ship is stopped and searched, and contraband, which includes foodstuffs, is confiscated.
'To modernize the coastal defences foreign military advisors have come from Nanking. 'They will give thought to how the Bocca Tigris Forts can be strengthened first, and then will plan defences for Blas Bay' fand the island of Hainan, Admiral Chan Chake probably will guide. the Advisors to the places that they must inspect.
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