The Archive · 1932

Fro Our Own Connesronsext

Nanning, Apr. 13.

The Government seems to be doing its best, to suppress banditry, but the robbers of Kuangsi have had too big a start to be suppressed in short order.

Just recently the authorities here executed " fourteen robbers in one week. Still there land. Brenan Road, the last having been closed on January 81, 1930, while of the other two the Jessfield Road Centre has again "been opened for the summer months. Dances are held for the men three times a week at the Ferry Road Centre, where there is a' small library, three billiard tables, and facili: ties for cards and mahjongg, while at Jessfield Road there is a seem to be for the Lind plenty more "at large" ish 1ow-Kueilin postal bus lady garden, a good canteen, Was fired on last week anda '(five tennis courts and a swim: senger, the Principal of a High ming bath. A statement of School' at Liuchow,, was' instantly jaceounts accompanying the latest killed. report covering the period from in a few months all of Nan-December 1, 1929 to May 31, 's main streets will be converted, 1931, shows that $38,658.09 was into motor roads. A new order of things Is fast "coming: into being expended, leaving' a balance before our very eyes. in whi in what was the bank of $10,309.29. The one of China's most' backward pro-British Y.M.C.A, with the Shanghai Defence Force has looked to important cities by except the English National Council of Poseh in the extreme western part the YMCA, for a certain of the province to which a road amount of assistance. But now being built.

Now that Kuangsi financial stringency at home has has its own aeroplane, squadron, forced the latter body reluctant should fearly no foe.

It was an emotional wel-0 discontinue their help and come which Nanning gave to the it is now desired that Shanghai aeroplanes when they arrived, for should step into the breach.

had not 30 east forgotten the nightmare of There is always a certain replane attacks by the Kuangtung air fleet only a year amount of reluctance felt ago. Now with English. aero} putting forward more claims for instructors and a German military, assistance upon the generosity professor in the Military School and lof the Shanghai public, because Berea browett up-to-date by it has done so well inthe past experts, citizens Jand throughout the year makes Kouangsi feel they have no cause to fear any enemy. In spite of the very substantial contributions to fact that Kuangsi is supposed to practically every. demand made send an army to assist in the sup-upon it. But the need for. re-Pression of the Reds in Kies;|ereation centres for the troops very few, if any, ha YEE fee Hf any, have gone up' is so apparent that the request is made this time with the feeling that "even though Shanghai itself is passing through a bad

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