(asian shipping eltcles by reason. Ming service at head of. the Riviqation Bureau and River Police, fas been appointed to hold. concur: teat the ofice of Chief of Police, the aidleulty of elleing. and. keep-Ing clean the miles of matsheds which peat every winter on the "wide Bly foreshore Will be solved th tec by the rapid rise of the Yangtze. Were t not for this anna bath, the Tanlatlon of Chungking's low water Suburbs would bean neue problem forthe pol the femme' conditions in the outlying counties of this province are fiving ise to an alarming amount of Eindliry, "Robber bands, numbering] anywhere from 100 to 1,000 men rove ie lets accessible parts of the province and mate sorties on inadequately protected villages and towns. Four-Keen serious outrages on towns the the of Tungnan, Hochuan, Yungyang ind Kuelfu have been reported.
The Chungking Muntlpallty. whet was put under the direct control of Nanking last year has been re-transfered to the Provincial Government, anda new mayor, Mr. Li Chien-ming. dormer. Chief-el-Staff of Gen. Lit Tang, has been appointed to. take the place of the late Mr. Chang The Magistrate of Pahslen, the county urvounding tis lly has need that because of serious conditions in outlying districts the people are reported to be living on' roots, grass and. mud, he hot endeavour to collect money tthe 'Generalissimo' itt "aero-
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