Made Supervisor of Hsiens and Income Automatically Increased Tenfold Fuom Our Own Comesroxoenr, Tsingkiangpu, Ku., Feb, 14, During the recent fighting in' the south Gen. Ma Yudren moved number of his troops to Yangchow but preserved strict neutrality in the actual fighting. Many thought the change in the Shanghai eres would affect Gen. Ma adversely, but the opposite has been the ense, a mandate from Peking has elevated his position, making him supervisor over the "hsiens" in his military district, six in all, Placing the "stations "und him. I have been told that this for him an increase in per= sonal salary of from $1,500. per mith to $13,000," One' recently some Chines speaking of him and callings him the "King of North The roxd building programme ree ported some time ago is still beings carried on and regular hus setvies to be started soon between th place and some places north of here. Lois said on good authority that the road being built to the east of here will go by Funing, Yenchense and on south to Tungchow on the river, Should this be the ease it will open up a large part of this province to motor trafic. North of here Goi Bei Bao-sham has already built vever thousand i of motor roads so the whole northern end of the pro vince will soon be open.
hears constant reports of bands of the "robber soldiers" Jcommiting depredations, Two days. joo they attempted to rob village north of here, a member of the local militia was Killed and his comrades chased the robbers, caught and be: headed {wo of them and their heads now decorate ong of the eily gates.
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