The Archive · 1937

Local Shortage of Coal

Nanking Takes Measures on Gratiscation over the result of the Xuling "summer conversations". wa expressed by General Wa. Te-chen, chairman of the Kwangiung Provine Sint Government, ina press. Inter= View upon his return to" Canton on 'The spirit of solidarity and operation, Geperat Wu said, permeat= of" the. conferences in' which, many Sovernment officials and public Tend frs_ participated, This, Me. believed, twas 'a healthy sign' at this moment of national ers The slalement made by General Chiang Kal-shek, "President of the Executive Yuan, in his Kuling speech on uly 17 concerning the govern: ents stand Toward the Sinosapanfics, in the opinion of. General Wu, is-in_ complete accord. with the Polley'of De. Sun Yatsen, which eme Phasizes. "national tivation through coco and struggle" Concluding, the Kwangttung Chairman urged the one fre. national fo stand fernly behind bitter end. Nee government ina struggle 0 the

'Upon hig arrival General Wu was ret by, a large group of local. goverament offeats, including Mor. Teng Yonete, "Mayor' of Canion—Cental Receipt of Report Nanking, Aug. 1.

Accepting the petition of the 'Shanghai Coal Trade Union for immediate relief of coal shortage in the port city, the Ministry of Industries has insivucted the Kailan Mining Administration to. double coal shipments to Shanghi "Arrangements have' been made with the Ministry of Railways to set aside a number of freight trains for the transportation of coal, and. steps are also being taken to adjust the of the Lakouy chiao incident the Chunghsing Mining Administration has automatically suspended exportation of coal abroad AvroceTiEn 26543 out of a total of 52305 youths between the ages of 20 and 25 have been enlisted in Nanking under the Conscription Act which is being enforced there. According to res fromthe Nanking. conscript Uién'omee," 2.770. persons nave been exempted from ordinary conscription while 2897 others have been allowed postpone their enlistment to a later date owing to various reasons,

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