Toman, May 26.
Ching-tang, a high' oficial of the Changyi District Government in eastern Shantung, was executed on May 24 by the provincial authorities. Hu was charged with and convicted of embezzling public funds amounting fo $60—Central News.
Your correspondent has been in Hohsien recently and while there had a long visit with Mr. Liu, the very progressive magistrate of that city Orders came down from Anking some weeks ago thet the land in his hsien had to be remeasured for the pur-'Pose of bringing about a more just distribution of the taxing system than has hitherto existed. To this ow ruling a good many of the people did not take kindly. Some of them went so far as to try to drive the magistrate from the city. In this attempt, I am glad to say, they were not successful and the trouble is now over and the new taxing system will go. into effect in the near future.
'Passenger trains are now running Gaily between Wuhu and Nanking, rst, second, third and fourth class cars, end the service is quite good 'The' cars compare very favourably with those on the Nanking-Shanghai Tine.
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