Canton, Jan. 5, Mititary developments have taken place in Canton during the Inst few days whith are by no means favourable to. the resent regime, 'Dr, Sun' Yat-sen's troops have withdrawn fromthe lower four circuits of Southern Kuangtung and they have been succeeded by General Chen Chiung-ming's soldiers.
Sun's forces have also had to withdraw from Loting. The Merchant Volunteers are being reorg ganized in certain districts and fare expected to cooperate agai "Bolshevist" movement, The owners of farm lands in Kuangling, a district long the have definitely decided to turn down the demands for a reduction of 40 per cent. on rentals made by the organization of the Kuo-
Dr. Sun had as-'s sured the farmers in Kuangting of lower rentals, but the land owners insist that they themselves, and not Dr. Sun, shall decide on how and when the rentals are to be reduced, if at all. The land owners have now formed a volunteer corps of nearly 4,000 strong to protect their interests.
Southern Hunan Province, which depends for much of its calt supply fro outside sources by way of the North River with Canton as a forwarding point, is likely to suffer a salt famine. Salt junks in Canton harbour are unable to proceed because of the heavy demands on them by the authorities for war contribu tions and by the pirates for tribute en route up the river—Rewter's Pacific Service.
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