Overcrowded Fuow Ock OWX Conmrstoxoest Foochow, June 13, The past week in Foochow has licen a time of considerable stra (The news of the defeat inflicted by the Communists on part of the 56th Army inthe neighbourhood of [Kienninghsien created a. sensation land exaggerated rumours soon spread everywhere, Even well known officials began to prepare to run, and the steamboats to Shanghai were crowded with refugees, Three Iwecks was mentioned as the time latter which Foochow would be in the hands of the Communists, and imagination began to work on what that might mea But the Government soon did what could to reassure the people, and jit was made clear that, while the troops under Gen. Liu ile-ting did suffer a severe reverse, with upwards of 1,000 casualties, the enemy also suffered hi il were in indeed might be a death-Wvap them. Supplies were voted to 1e-plenish the needs of the troops, and Ham told that the merchants of Foochow actually promised to raise 133,000,000 if necessary tov-ards the expenses of defending the City. [The Central Goverment has unier~ taken to send immediate reinforce ments, three warships have come to [Foochow and another is expected, a special xeeruiting agent from Nanking is on his way, an aeroplane is to be sent from Amoy as soon [the acrodrome outside the Hast Cate et Foochow City isin a Bt state for In short, adequate measures scorn have been taken to meet any Jeventuality, "and the public. cone fidence has been re-established.
Three tines of defence have been marked out: the first sunni offensive against the Commurists.—yhrough Chuang-Lo, Suen-Chiangy '¥ang-Kow, and Yenping; the second Ithrough Kutien and. Shuikow, apd Ithe third through the region abore Effort to Regain Former World Position Nanking, June 28, In accordance with an order of the Ministry of Industry, a committee to death regulations for the standardization and grading of tea for export, has been formed by the Shanghai Bureau for the Testing} and Inspection of Commercial Commodities in an effort to regain China's former eminence in the world market. The Committee [composed of members and technical] experts of the Ministry of Industry p, land of the Greater Shanghai Muni cipal Bureau of Social Affah ing' Yocal tea experts, iagmosing China's decline exports as due to the competition of India, Ceylon. and "Japan, and os-pecially to their progressive methods planting and curing, the Ministry of Industry" recently promulgated Fegulations for the examination {the product before exportation, such regulations to be. strictly complied With s0 a8 to eliminate tea. of poor Erate for export to the detriment} of the trade.
However, as such examinations aust be bated on definite standard, the fixation of which demands expert knowledge, "both commercial and technical the present committee hag been created Kuo Min.
Tt is curious that it ts just twelve Imonths since Foochow was seriously threatened by Lu Hsing-pang, and lan attempt. was made to set, the City on fre by accomplices of Lat inside the walls, Now Lu is (we lair hope) fighting for Foochow and the Central Government agains! the the far west of the It is reported, and there seems 'Shaotu has fallen'to' the Cosine of
ists, Tt war left undefene 1 by troops, despite. the, earnest entreae lies of the magistrate and the with Chu' and Mao entered the city. [The mazisteate and other officials Med and reached Kienyang in safety, whence they telegraphed to Foochow leaving that "Shaowu was being. burned and looted. mercilessly, and lurging that soldiers be havvied thither to recover it, The German priest mentioned previously was not (I believe) killed lby Communists, but by culinary bandits while trying to escape on horseback from Kienninghsien. to Tune 20, News has reachd Foochow that when Shaowa was occupied by the Communists on June 8 six priests fand nuns connected with the French Mission there were carried carried away from Kwangteh. At.
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