The officials here pay little attention to Canton and almost none to From un OWN Conursroxoest Hankow, Nov. 17, Guns have played prominent part in our life there last two days. Some have been used by authorities and some robbers. Three days ago n batch of 22 Communists, of whom four were young women, were brought across from Wuchang to be executed at Nanking. Ugly rumours are at all times in circulation, this official being alleged to be in communica tion with Moscow and that one in Teague with the Japanese, and so forth. Agitators, of course, are making the most of the situation and the Communists are ever the lookout for a chance to sally forth. Things have been quiet outwardly for a long time, but we are actually sitting on the edge of a this side of the river. They were Volcano. executioner escorted by soldiers the usual big the Kuangtung-Fukien border dis-and Much intriguing is going on in
sword, but they were shot and not tricts. Bandits active in cer beheaded. As they came from the in parts, carrying off people for launch they were apparently quite ransom, snd there is a porcater indifferent to their fate and even degree of poverty in th greeted a passing foreigner as a the present time than there has foreign devi ever been and The men who shared in the Of this, pro, are expected to prevail this winter. piracy of the Shasi have also met their fate at the hands of a firing squad, There was a suggestion that they should be executed in good old
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