'Ihe "North-China' Herald," after Jan interim of two months, again makes its appearance, but' mans: numbers are missing. That the mails Jere operating at all, under the present [circumstances speaks volumes for the postal administration. Mall matter irom many parts of China and from foreign countries is now itering through, though the time required is fnueh longer than formerly.
The main street of this city of late bears commands for pedestrians keep to the left. During most of the Jéay'all the main streets are massed with humanity to a far greater extent than ever before. With a population lee about £0,000, there has lately been jon addition of over 30,000, and jao. Jcommodations are severely taxed, The Increment is largely due' to the pre one of wounded soldiers andr: fogoes.. The government is gradually moving on the wounded, and a de-[cided effort is being made to make the refugees pass on, but this ig far easier said than done. While the Jdaily allowance for the refugees has focken largely stopped, they perfor to stay in or near a populous centre than seek the unknown In the hinder-and in the midst of winter. interesting, that most of the refugees seem to be of the middle class, most fof them literate, and certainly not fused to being "down and out" ems very unlikely that a large pra-portion wilt ever xet back to their Fhomes in Anhwei, Honan, and ther North, 'This' the greatest trek Chinese history. resulting in the Introduction of new life and" new: lood nearly everywhere, will eventually" spell a far greater degree union for all China' than has over existed, doing away with much of the sectional foehn: that has often keen' divisive, Relief Industriat Work, Definite projects for relict indus rial work' in a small way are in this region, and. should be much fuythered. Two of these efforts are the form of the manufacture of stray of cloth, Bandits, supposedly soldiers who have recovered from their Wounds, are numerous, A few days ago. wound Idiers, on their way to a new hospital inthe interior, were held up, and made to deliver all they had /n'money, before they were allowed to proceed, "Today four bandits were shot her Air raid warnings are less numer-Joux than they were awhile back, Jand, indeed, there is no military oh: Jective in this rather isolated region, which is connected with the yest of JChina by only one motor road. Gov-Jernor Chang was a. visitor here a ow days ago. He visited the Method ist General Hospital, and showed interest inthe wounded soldiers and ther patients, Every. bed was ful, Jand he yave a liberal eontsibution the work. Recently. it has been possible to get medical suppl the hospitals of this region, Philippines to Confiseate Foreign Property Manila, Feb. 14.
All property, teased to foreign interests, excepting that" Teased" on Goverment license, wit! shortly be oniseated, recording fo an announce nent made here today by the Seeve: tary of Agriculture The Government's hand, says the announcement, Will fil firs on Davao Province, which has a rich. hemp trade, About 10,000. Japanese are Sid to. yestde "in thig district, the najerity of Whom are alleged to br Girrying on, illegally, businesses, gistered under Filipino names. The Yaltic of the interests involved is be Vieved'to.'suin into" several. million pesos, The other foreign interests in Japanese Rail Workers Invited to China Peiping, Feb, The North Ching railway authorities nave invited 150 railway workers from tin the administration for the various railways in North China, state Chinese reports. They leaving Moji for Tientsin soon. ping and Tients It is stated, however, that they ae contemplating s complete change 01 railway sleevers and the purchase number of high-powered locomotives fo enable pastenyer trains to cover the' distance between Peiping and JTientsin in one hour and 50-minutes Reuter.
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