The Archive · 1931

KUEICHOW STARTS FAMINE RELIEF Hospital Opened, Managed by Catholic Nuns

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Kueiyang Kueichow, Aug. 26, Last week the Kueichos mittee formally opened its Relief Hospital" on Benevolent Criminals. therefore cannot escape From the city at night, and police sonic night a bomb had gone off near theatre "and, suspecting Com-telling him that the latter would! shall be entrusted with the trans-

Lane. It has tio doctor, but three can easily watch the gates during the day if hunting criminals.

The huge increase in population during the past few months ha: had an immediate effect upon the city's prosperity.

Hundreds of new shops have opened, and old ones, Closed when the ' capital moved south, have been reopened.

Houses, which were renting for a sone two years ago, are again becoming hard to find.

Many of the new Chinese' residents have become accustomed to "foreign-style"

houses, and are renting houses vacated by departing for-

"The foreign population, however, continues its steady decline. Municipal statistics show onl 2,601" foreigners now live in th Chinese sections of Peking, outside of Legation Quarter. he. foreign population, which did business} Targely with the Chinese govern-smout, has moved to Shanghai an Nanking. finnnist activity, the soldiers were jwearching the city. A patrol went ater to the Lama temple and were ast. in time to hear a suspicious ferackling. sound, probably fern sri fenited fuse, and then to, sw" the eaves go up in smoke and flames. Most of the guards in the temple twere killed and the tuildincs suffered to some extent but the cslebrated font was uninjured.

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