Harbin, Sept. 14.
Japanese troops, pursuing three groups of bandits immediately During the period of the flying exhibition every eye was on them, and the populace ave vent to their BrKe Sri these ladest military toys gift, I understand, of the people to the nation. Te' ig amaz~ Ing how loyally' the Government's appeal to create an adequate ait force has been taken up by the counties in the Province." Sub:
ready been, made. "Chekang, in, the, scheme
province, is" becoming a minded, Even' the man northwards of Tungning, opposite street is loud in the Poltavka, yesterday afternoon were this new branch of service will taken completely by surprise when bring about the recovery of lost the outlaws used smoke-screens to national prestige, facilitate their escape. The Ueno Jdetachment, taken aback by these Pagoda Renovated new tactics, had to slow down tem-The West Lake "Precious porarily, which enabled the bandits to make a clean getaway—Reuter, fag it is more familiarly called, he Pagoda" of, "The Needle Pagoda," at Inst been released from the' con fused mass of scaffolding which afraid to. dlaregard entirely public Tong pinion. in Canton. 'Perhaps' they hag enveloped it, for, many month. The work of renovation 1 inopine hati asthe meee complete and this historic struc nsiaught on the. communists, snd that "organised" the ture is in a ow dress, and' completely modernised, for at night cleaned them out of the City of 1 is Muminated by electric light. Rama only few years ago.
That, too, Speaking with a group of Chi-'a symbol of the nese onlookers, the "remark Ws named conditions. "The most ventured, "Well, have © they. ma ild in Canton to-day, a good.' job of it?" "Instantly took rapid action in came the unanimous reply, "It ime of crisis, is the mechanics" has been repaired very ugly." Look-guild. And yet, ing at the pagoda from a distance [characteristics the Chinese criticism jg not very the Chinese wide of the mark, people, the mechanics' guild, too, The work of renovation seems to rave been guilty of imbecility. They have have "shorn this pietavesque "land mark of all ite ancient glory and tax (collected by the former bew: ty. The graceful lines every electric motor used in and curves of the old time fabtie industry in Canton! have utterly disappeared and, in In spite of th corruption of place, a structure more like a soldier-officials, of the] church steeple of the candle selfish and short-sighted acts of snuffer design is presented, guilds, applied science has penetrate Jed s0 deeply into the life of Canton The work of reconstruction has that enormous changes have taken round sum of $50,000 and, place, even in the Inst decad according to tea-shop" gossip, "the 'They' are at work on the comple-|2Graya 'Old Many" who, resides in it 'They' have been for yenns at work] SRitee tion of the Canton-Hankow railway. chenthal This in Jon Tiver conservancy. They are wealthy, and has mysterious. con Jextending the power supply, they 'nections with the agents of the ars ai claiming land, they are] Shunghal underworld houses, Roads are being built alli onions fins pains thousands of modern For the time being Hangchow it Hangchow over South China. here is al noning the, telephone to Honghbng. tis! Zhe progressive being the centre of Hang-Kiang Teal:
huge district, fertile and with wway he speeding up sleeping ears Yor' their service' al soon will industrious population, Canton must] he possible to leave Hangchow by expand. Tt bids fair' to become al the evening train "and. sleep" the SAY foveal and a city of millions of wheels, lions, of copie journey"
Kinngei in time for breakfast, through, in not, for long, acquiesce in the} sale of their sisters, or remain la 'a household where the cubiness to share th ing the people into} an utterly different environment.
The Old Trouble Everywhere in the Government offices they are planning improvements in the city and working to develop new industries. They have, for the first time in history, spanned the river; and contracts for two more bri in Canton have been signed. A cotton mill is to be started and they have gone forward with negotiations for an ion and steel works. Large reclamation schemes have been carried out during the last three years and larger ones have not only been planned but are in hand.
Tt is said that the low price of silver had a great deal to do with the erection of new houses and the financing of new industries. Large sums of money were remitted by Cantonese overseas for investment Tariffs have helped only "nigger in the woodpile" is the military faction. They} have the whip hand that the Manchus had, and for the same reason, They have control of the situation
and impossible from the point of power of arms, Corrupt view of those who are working for] the new civilisation in China, they, like the old Manchu officials, are
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