Tientsin, Oct. 7.
The gravest apprehension prevails among Chinese salt producers the Tangku area, four sand banks in the region virtually having been transformed into a Japanese military camp. Wooden landmarks, with the Chinese characters "Japanese Army Camp" inscribed thereon, have been erected around the Natalan, Peitatan, Lihat, and Wathal salttlelds, 'The salt producers' concern has been further increased by an announcement that the Japanese intend to buy the huge plot of land, on which they will construct military barracks, If billets are established there, it is feared, the salt ditches Teading to the sea' will be locked and the salt producers will be derived of their livelihood, Reports have reached here from Lutai, another important salt centre fon the Peiping-Liaoning Railway, north of Tangku, to the effect that officials of the Hsing Chung Com-Pany, an auxiliary of the South Manchuria Railway, have decided to build a bridge there, extending to the middle course of the river. The Salt Administration there is attempl-Ing to devise means to cope with the situation for the realization. of the Japanese plans would seriously impair the "transportative rights Central News,
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