Lawless Elements Again Assert Themselves Rains which have recently fallen have Tevived hopes that the rice crop may yet be secured for Kuei chow, but @ lot more rain is neede to assure this. Transplanting has just commenced and in general the water Is barely sum cient to make this possible; these days we are having very of sun with some rainfall but the farmers hope to see yet more rain, T hear that the military (20th Army corps, J.e,, Szechuen) have left the Weining district. taking with them Jmost of the really good rifles, and that the lawless elements are again asserting themselves to the terror of Jlawabiding people; surely the authorities will not again allow the former conditions to reappear, for that would mean that things would become even worse than before, It seems strange that the authorities Jconcerned should be content to begin the long needed abolition of the rule of robbers and then to let things slide Jonce more. It is this sort of thing that tends to make people question the sincerity of their rulers, Perhaps Inow that we are to have a new provineial chairman, himself a high military officer, we shall see a more vigorous prosecution of the many [reforms promised but not yet carried out.
New Chatrman Appointed At last it Is ofcially announced that Gen. Hsieh Yoh, who is the AS~ sistant Pacification Commissioner for Yunnan and. Kueichow, has been Jappointed to the concurrent post of Provincial Chairman of Kueichow. As he holds the rank of general in the Army, he will no doubt be able to exercise a firm control over the military who are not prepared to Jsubmit to the control by the civil Suthorities over their doings. Tt is really surprising to see how even the Joost of the military ignore the civil Jaw it suits them, Ihave, told that a large amount ofthe poppy just ready to be Jgathered in the form of opium in the Anshun district, noted for {ts abun-ant production, was rooted up lest the distinguished visitors from: Nanking should see it and report to the Government. That much opium was cultivated this year even pear to the city of Anshun, T know from personal observation, but for the most part it was just out of sight of the motor road; the local "authorities, probably afraid that some members the party would want to see some the environs of the city, hed that which Thad seen rooted up lest it should be seen by them. quantity of opkim and other drugs was one of mnfon von June 8. "Upper pere the the
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