Following is a translation of the Jorder issued by the magistrate of Pinghu-hsien (Bingoo) to the Head jot Second Branch, Public Safety Bureau:—
Notice is hereby given that, as the beautiful district of Huang Shan (Yellow Hill) Ju this district will be turned into a fortified area according to Instructions, from the provincial Jauthorities (Chekiang), this area is hereby closed to trafic. An order has already been issued by the Magistrate, forbidding tourists to enter this! area' and further instructing the residents within this area to remove mediately.
However, according to reports received by me, there are still six [French and Seventeen Chinese priests the Roman Catholic Church at the top of Chang Shan (Everlasting Hill), seventeen Frenchmen in another Roman Catholic Church at the top Jof Siao Yuan Shan (Small Round
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