Whatever may be thought about the "scorched earth" policy, there is doubt that this part of Shantung Province has been and still is. suf= fering from having its land too much scorched. Processions have" taken Place to' many temples, small. child-Fen have added to. their natural charms by placing willow wreaths on their heads, southerly winds have blown, clouds have been almost ready to drop their fatness, but time after time the skies have cleared again.
"Rain, rain, when will it come?" ascends' to heaven in anxious sighs from myriads of the people. Not withstanding the drought, the local wheat crop has been gathered in, and can be described in words used by Your correspondent's Headmaster in leaving testimonial as "fair, average" quality.
"Pressed? Headman Shot Conditions being what they are, it not surprising that those acting lage headmen in occupied territory 'oF in other capacities "ce-operating with' the new. authorities, render themselves Tiable to meet with opposition in certain eventualities, The writer recently arrived at a large village to be told that a local man 'OF 87 who had been forced to act as headman had. been kidnapped and shot the previous evening. A ransom of $2,000 was asked. and finally' brought down to $200 which sum was delivered just as the fatal shot was fired. Guerilla. warfare in this area by no means finished ye?
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