The Archive · 1929

The Special Issue

Four Denominations Bearing the Portrait of General Chiang sale Post capital to Nanking.

The stamps are of four denomina-toms, onewcert, Featrcents, ten-cents and one dollar, The wne-cent ones fare of a yellowish brown colour; the four-cent ones are a tincture te recent ones ment by Wuhan Troops lof the case in w Bairyo Mara, was bombarded by! remnants of the Wuhan troops:—

While the steamer in question was up the river on the lower:

hes of Shasi at 11 am. on April 18, a shot was suddenly fired across the tows of the steamer. 'This was followed by another shell, which penetrated the front hate, killed a wrant-oticer, named Toyoda, and exploded atthe' trance of the Chief-Engineer's room, the Chief Onozawa and The chief-engin soon afterward, The steamer immediately turned round snd had gone a little from the scene, when she was once Tombarded. While she was lack and sailing down river, she met another N.Y-K, str. tht Daikichi Mara from which she ceived a supply of coal and wi returnell to Hankow at noon to-

One potieeman was, Wl five others injured by: prisoners who goon allowing the Japanese military "officer, seo lass paymaster Ukyo Ito, was shot dead at 8 o'clock by an unknown person in. civilian clothes, he! to have been sent heve by Chane Chung-chang to create trouble for the local authorities and to frustrate the Government's plan of taking over the city and the Kiaotune Peninsula from the Japanese.

Martial law has been declared by ary in the city to prevent further 1 believed in official circles. that the incident will not in any way affect the plan of the Government with regard to Shantung.—Kuo Min,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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