Shanghai, Mar. 26.
Permanent closing of China's principal rivers to navigation by British-owned vessels was requested in a joint telegram received by the "Reformed Government" from anti-British associations of various cities, a Chinese report stated yesterday. The telegram urged the Nanking Government to ganize a steamship company in order to substitute its own ships for British vessels which formerly plied these rivers. needs for so many generations. fact if one takes 2 walk through the Outskirts of the elly and sees the Wheat and beans growing just as they always did it is hard to realize that the country is actually fighting for her existence.
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