Kaifeng, Sept. 16.
Fascism of a sort is being! boosted here' in" Kaifeng, capital lof Honan. province. 'The' "Honan People's Tribune", a leading news: oper under the xgis of the Pi xovernmenty recently pul lished transcripts "of yn tu. or talking records of Mussolin speeches. "The "Honan Evening Journal", owned by the Whang Pu students, at the somme time published lengthy articles on the "New Road for Revolution". The people. the city, while by no means ebyiousthe tolerant. attitude, of regarding enthusiastic, appear to take Up
the introduction of fascism' as an Interesting experiment.
Hundreds and thousands of beg now crowding into the and its environs. Most of them fare Women and. children coming from the destitute areas in Huahsien ind Changyuan in northern Honan, Lanfeng' and. Keocheng eastern Honan. "They may be seen everywhere in the main streets all b day and night attempting to pick up some means of subsistence. According to the local Provincial Famine Relief Association, about twenty hsien or districts on either side of the Yellow River have bean particularly badly affected by the recent floods. The number of} people left homeless and. in need urgent relief in. consequence calculated as over 681,000.
sident of the Mr. Tuisheng, acting Yellow. River Flood Relief Association, flew over Kaifeng on September 14. from [Tsinan in order to conduct prelim. nary investigations. He promised that a branch office of his association would shortly be established in lis 'The price of all grains recently! became much cheaper. A bag' [wheat flour, about forty pounds in weight, which, cost $4.20 former, 4 the cheapest "si sar of the China Republic (19
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