With control of Wuchow, Nanning, Lungchow and Poseh, Gen-cerals Wong and Lei have the major ity of the revenue of the province under their supervision, The opium season will soon open Jand enormous. taxes are collected from this illegal but. profitable business. Nearly a score of hands some numbering ax high as 2,000 men, well armed, pass to and from the Yunnan border carrying on this trade. Seven motor-bouts ply the Poseh River their main cargo consisting of opium.
Several weeks ago one motorboat was attacked by ffeil and. it ix reported that 14 men were killed and over a hundred thousand dollars opium money taken The country bordering on Yunnan has been sown in Poppy and the industry of opium preparing has been made a native under taking.
fext_ word from Nan= soldiers of the Nan-forces after finding the tufei, surrounded them ina small valley, and poured volley after volley" into their midst, "a field gun using, shrapnel is also said to have been used, Bighty men were slaughter ed by the Nanning forces who in turn lost but a few men, remnant of the robber band was captured and taken to Nanninye where 32 of chem were executed at tone time.
The names and photographs of the men executed were posted in Prominent places throughout the ity.
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