Censors on duty in the Shiukuan' Post office had their suspicions aroused on opening a package containing a cheap bock. Why should 'a package of such little value be sent from Kia in Kiangsi_ under i registered cover? Carefully scrutinizing the volume, the censors found that the sender had written a lengthy letter in between the printed pages. It told of the plans of the radicals. On the tenth, they were scheduled to reach Shiukuan where many plain-clothes comrades weld hail their entry and facilitate it, Going to the home of the addressee, soldiers laid hands on him and four of his friends, and there were five more executions.
General Heung Han-ping has not relaxed his efforts to sweep the clean of the forces!
In the East River iloy a few days ago Idiers and gendarmes got into the village of Takai and neighbouring communities, and while most of the 2,500 Red soldiers got away 55 stragglers were taken.
Bad reports have been, comme rom the Island of 'Hainan. Nova' vessels had done g-od work some weeks, azo, but withdrawn to othe: verts. the radicals have come hart:
Kuangtung authorities to rush troops for the defence of Hoihow, instructions have just been given to Admiral Chen Chaak to have every available gunboat steam to that port. Tamhowhui, only ten miles from Hoihow has been taken by. storm by the Reds, and almost every county on the island is in their possession. Across on the mainland, in the counties of Yangkong and Yangehun other Communists are on the rampage, but have not succeeded in getting into either county seat.
The Fire Anniversary day is the anniversary of the burning of many blocks of stores and residences by the Communists in 1927, Last night strong peh guards were kept at every theatre, and strict martial Iw regulations will be observed for three days, It is known that the Reds are particularly desirous of making their hand felt in celebration of the a niversary,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.