Invasion of Kuei~ chow: The Opium Tax Increased for More Revenue Fae Aca Ows Connestoxoent Kueiyang, Kuei,, Jan, 15.
The rumours concerning Yune nanese troops planning to enter this province appear to be based upon the activities of bandits. the northwest district of Weining which city was occupied by them for a few days.
From different sources T_ leora that the opium tax (on Tand cultiating opium) is being levied on all and' sundry, including none cultivators, and from one place I hear of the new opium pipe tax called "lamp tax" {4H} in othe oficial instructions) "being levied on some who neither smoke nor provide pipes—or lamps—for visitors.
In my letter of December 2 last I yo ferred to Szechuan students on their way to Canton; they are still ere and no one seems to know when they will be going on. They wear Boy Scout uniforms and are not over-polite to foreigners whom they meet. Of course they have learnt to take a very one-sided view concerning Ching's relations with foreign powers.
The anti-Christian movement has not, so far, "caught on" in this city; there were no demonstrations on Christmas Day, nor do Christian services seem to be adversely fected as eto attendances, The Kueichow people are for the most Taw abiding and peaceful. to. the Japanese press, this earth i+ big enough to old 6,000,000,000 people, Cateulat~ ing from the present birth rate, he expects that, by the year 2000 A.D., the population of the globe will reach that figure, commanded by Captain E, W. Olsen, had encountered bad weather since leaving Singapore, meeting with trong head winds practically throughout the voyage.
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