In addition to all this red tape and ineMeiency in the public services, monopolies and control bureaux: [flourish in every. line of business and have been foisted on almost every form of Chinese activity, There is, for instance, the famous meat monopoly. Peasants in the districts surrounding Peiping who want to bring their pigs to market are not allowed {0 slaughter them themselves. 'They must get—and, of! course, pay for—a licence and take pay the beast to the Ucensed saughterhouse to be killed. Why a farmer should not Kill his own' pigs, beats. me, but so it is: and he ts heavily Policeman Killed Hankow, July 12.
One Annamite policeman and 0 Jsepanese' were killed and" another Tapanese wes slightly injured ina unfght carly this. morning in the French Concetsion between Anamlte police end a party of Japanese. The Pause of the das io not clear.
Following the shooting, which took place at about 1 ama'the French Goncesion was closed' until 10am: Four Japenese were detained by the French "poles.
An official stolement issued this afternoon by Japanese naval authorites, who control adjacent districts. Indleates that serious "complications are possible, It emphatically denies the Prench claim that the shooting as started Sy the Japanese.
The: siatemeent asserts that the Jsopanese were unarmed and. were Ted on by the French police, fhellenges the "French oflelals (0 troduce the weapons they allege the It states that the Jepanese nova uthoritiss "cannot be indifferent. {he French ofcials refuse to acknow= edge the facts of the case." is understood the French police requested the Japanese authorities to teke custody of the detained men. 'The Japanese authorities have' Te: {sed te do so, slating that the men Chungking Scientists to Observe Eclipse Chungking, July 12, 'A party. of solentists from, the Academia Sinica and the China Astronomy Institute, left Chungking by car today for Lingtao, in Kansu prov. nee, to observe the solar eclipse on September 21, which will be visible in some parts of China, The party of eight persons will go by way of Chengtu, Nanchang, Tien-shul and Lanchow, and will return to Chungking in Octdber.—Havas Tele-monial, Kweilin-Manila Airline Planned by C.N.A.C, Manila, July 10. In a move to consolidate further United States.
Aviation Corporation is planning. to establish a new airline connecting! Kewellin, in Kwangsi Province, and Manila, according to repens reaching here today from Chungking.
Preliminary test flights, it was disclosed, will be carried out in the near future. Flying time between Ose two centres 1s expected to be! about seven hours—Domel.
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