Tientsin, Aug. 30.
The Tientsin Municipal Government will lodge a strong protest with the {ocal Japanese authorities against the aving out of an aerodrome and the construction of barracks at Lilital, in the southern part of the city: "Central News. tind hulk, sed "opened haile that Promise tobe jong and furious bee Tiveen the forces of ow and order foa vicious ring that has Tong held Yangtze amipping in Mts grasp.
'The shipping company' appointed the ex-compradores as business agents on their respective steamers, and paid monthly wages to all registered and photographed stewards, making unnecessary for them to prey upon the passengers.
Ticket Includes Food These reforms were not accom plished overnight. For the first two months, the small ticket agents, hotel porters, and relatives and friends of the compradores fought the new system, which obviously. threatened to reduce their profits and make the ping company a paying concern.
tel runners worked hard to travelling public to other steamers, but the people were quick to discover the change in atmosphere and accommodations. A passage now costs half the old price and entitles the purchaser, without any question, to accommodation and food. These previously could be secured only by those who were able to bribe the stewards with the full price of ticket.
Travellers were thus forced to support gangs of parasites,—while the company was going so deeply Into debt that it could not risk the outlay on normal improvements and replacements, This old aystem 1s Aollering under repeated blows from the New Life Movement, which, for all, is merely replacing the expensive parasitical past with dern efficient service.
All reform based upon sound economic principles must sooner or later win the approval of the public For this reason the New Life Movement and the People's Economic Reconstruction Movement are working hand in hand. In this instance classes travel from. Shanghai to Hankow, and between ports, for half the original cost, and receive better value for their money. The shipping company has publicly stated that although it is $40,000,000 in debt, th books in the past few months show 8 profit of $1,000,000 modern steamers are being ordered {0 cope with the increase in travel and freight, Japanese druggists and herbalists Jwere reminded on Aug. 25 by the 'Japanese consular police that the sale. of narcotics without apecife permission from the Consulate-General made. both the seller and the purchaser: liable to punishment, Before sales of poisons could be made, they' were also informed, a record of the a dress, nome and age of the purchaser would have to be taken. This step was taken following the' recent te~ vision of the Japanese Foreign Office "ordinance "referring to the control of the sale and distribu tion of narcotics "and poisons by Japanese nationals "in China. The' new rules, the papers said, were ise [sued "after "serious defects were found in the earlier ones which were drawn up In 1028,
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