According to Chinese reports, since China recently obtained credits from Great Britain and United States the ancial situation in Shanghai has been on an upward trend. Prices of land in both foreign settlements and those of government bonds have gone up. More foreign exchange allotments have been granted by the 5 Central Bank of China to foreign goods purchases.
There will not be much Chinese god-worshipping during this or Lunar New Year celebrations as a Government order has been issued to provincial authorities requiring the people to worship dead officers and soldiers and also "racial heroes," inblüding those who have done much to help the Government in fighting but who did not belong to the army. "Those who have fallen in the war should be worshipped on worshipping Ways during the New Year period or any other festivals, the order says.
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