The looting of the Customs Repair Yard has already been reported, "The Commissioner of Customs a wised the Administration of the approximate value of the loss and asked for an investigation, stating that those who had done the damage Ishould be made to pay for the loss He received a reply asking for, the mames and addresses of the looters, Jotherwise nothing could be don [Such action, when the whole ¢3 lof the world are turned on Han! Jand Kiukiang, is scarcely credible. For days looted from been openly, hawked through the streets of Kiukiang by soldiers, In fact the streets are full of looted foreign property which is for sale. These fare facts of common knowledge, which cannot be disputed and yet the Administration shows no intertion whatever of seizing and punish. {ing the responsible parties, During the past two days there has been heavy. wind and rain, has played havoc with the anti-foreign posters. The Chinese on shore have been informed that, az the foreigners have consented to return to the Concession on the"
Cantonese terms, the torn posters should not be replaced so 28 not offend their susceptibilities, The foreigners were timed to return to-day and, when it is found that they do not return, it will be inter= esting to see what is done xbout the posters, As a matter of fact, so far from returning, it has been' arranged to send the middle-river steamer Kiang~ to Kiukiang. She is due to-day and all the men will be transferred to and will live in her. At present there ave 18 refugees on board the Betish gunboats aod ale in the Mal Notes of the Central Bank of Canton have depreciated 8 per cent. That is that only $92 silver will given for $100 notes, It anticipated, should the Southern Government meet with a reverse, that these notes will depreciate with great rapidity as there is no silver behind them, The "small money" notes used by the Cantonese troops are at a heavy discount, They ave printed with the armies in the field, n special printing pres being carried round for this pur-
Gen, Chiang Kai-shek's wife (it is not stated which one) is said in Kuling and it is expected that he will shortly rejoin her there. Tan Yen-kai is also reported to be there. The latter is so angry with the Kivkiang Commissioner Customs that lio hias ordered that he is to be punished "according ti" One wonders exactly: what Tan Yen-kai means. Of course, it is very annoying of the Customs not to Proceed ashore, when i ducted, and open up business usual. It is so much simpler wit When they xehops, they were told that the shops would be opened for them by the Chinese Revolutionary Government and a committee of management appointed. The merchants. very quickly opened up, the integrity of Cantonese com: mittees (composed of students) not being above suspicion, But ths same game does not work with the Customs and the foreign hange, Hence Tan Yon-kai's righteous in: dignation, injuries and became very active. His struggles were useless. He waa bundled off and towed back to the shore, But Persevering Perey wae of the stuff of which heroes are made. He found another sampan Jand again went off to the Kiangwo and again laid him down, moaning, a a launch. The sailors were very patient. "They gave him a free ride} [back to the shore in their own picket boat but he was warned that, if he returned, he would this time be} taken to the opposite bank, mile away, and left there. The prospect Jof a long walk in the rain to the and then an <xpenride back across. the river was too much for Perey and Ihe has not been seen again.
There has already been too much trouble with local strike pickets, who get on board the river steamers in sampans, and so it has been decided to stop all compan traffic with steamers. This will hit the "pidgin" fargo carriers, who of late have been doing a thriving trade here. It is their own fault, as it is intolerable that the strike pickets should pretend to a right to dictate what is to go on and what is not to go on British steamers and how much "squeeze" is to be paid in Jeach case. is said that Gen. Ho Yao-tsu lof the 2nd Independent Division is to be dismissed. The excuse is that hhis troops looted the Concession in Kiukiang, while the truth is that! the Concession was looted by the troops of the 6th and '7th Armies, the troops of the 2nd In-pendent Division mile attempts, very feeble attempts it is true, but still attempts, to stop the looting. But then Gen. Ho is inclined to be dependent and last year actually issued n manifesto denouncing the Bolsheviks and objecting to Russian jeontrol of the Kuomintang. the other hand, Gen Cheng Chien, 6th Army, whose troops were the troops who did the looting, has been rewarded by being putin charge of Kiukiang in Gen Ho's place.
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek is still in Kuling, He is said to be unwell and resting from his labours.
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