Haichow. Oct, 28.
Swatow, Oct. 20.
Mr. Hsiao Fu-chen, an' old Kuomintang Leader, arrived here on October 12, and left for Hongkong fon the same day without coming ashore. Many local officials and representative of different bodies went on board to welcome him back to China. Mr. Hsiao maintains his violent attitude against the pro-Japanese policy of Nanking. He said Sino-Japanese ce-operation was only pos-Sible on the basis of equality and justice.
Owing to high price of silver_in Hongkong smuggling of the commodity became a. very profitable Dusiness anda daily occurrence. Customs "officials are keeping a vigilant eye of these smugglers many of whom have been caught, but never before had they met armed smugglers.
they did the other day when they seized a sampan with a cargo of 2 thousand silver "dollars and six rifles, but all the crew made their escape.
Dr. Geneva Dye, of Washington D.C. arrived here this morning. She is going to take up her duties at the Scott-Threasher Memorial Hospital fof the American Baptist Mission at Kokehieh. A reception in her honour wag held at the Mission compound.
Twenty additional villages in Kuan yun (Panpu), salt centre in north-fastern Kiangsu, were inundated yesterday when another section of the Yen River embankmento gave way under the pressure of the onrushing waters—Kuo Min, Anhwei Anking, Oct, 28.
No less than 35 districts in Anhwei province have been affected either by drought or flood, according to the atest statistics compiled by the Provineial Relief Association which has petitioned the Central authorities for the remittance of $3 million for relief and conservancy work.—Kuo Min,
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