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THE YANGTSZE VALLEY. "IF KWANGTUNG' WINS
*ASTATIC NEWS ORṣov.j
FAMINE RELIEF WORK CLOSING.
END OF THE FAMINE.. With reference to the famine in North NANKING, June 25th. On the evening the end inst., the China, Mr. KY. Li, Hon. Secretary of the Chinese Foreign Finance Relief secret police and gendarmerie of "Na Committee at Shangüini, reports that king raided a big house in Chungkulu capious and widespread pins in May district and steereded in getting "Doslave greatly modified conditions, and session of many important and confid famine may now be said to be over. ential documents showing the deep plots On April 24th, the Rev. P. M. Scott. of the Anfu leaders to create anti- writting from the Hochien. Suning and government disturbanes in the Yangtze Sien-Sien districts, stated that in view Valley. As consequence of the raid of the conditions at that time prevail- two middle grade officers of the sixthing, he anticipated the necessity of add- division, one Major-General of Kiangsu ing 10 per cent to the recipients of re army and some other influential military lief, and that reliel would have to be. officials were arrested by order of maintained up to September 15th, re- Tachua Chi Hsieh yuan the same night. quiring about 7,300 tons of grain to carry The authorities are keeping the incident
on the work. On May 18th, the same a profound secret because it is reliably writer reports an entirely different situa- reported that General Lu Yun-hsiang of tion, due to the favourable climatic con- Chekiang and several other high and im-ditions; abundant rains have not only as portant officers are involved in it; but auted a small percentage of crops in some the real promoters of the scheme are replaces, where complete failure WAR ported to be ex-General Hsu Shu-chen threatened, but bad also given a more (Little Hsn), ex-General Chang Chin-yao abundant yield.
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While prospects in many districts are still far from a full crop yet, with 40, 30 or 60 per cent. of a crop-promised
of Hunan, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr. Wong Yi-tang who and others, are all safely hidden where" in Shanghai and Haigehow.
It is reported that the discovery over wide areas, it is our judgment that in the large part of our. Beld, after m rely one of the numerous secret!
wheat harvest, the claim for Famine houses opened by Han Shuschen in the Relief could no longer be made. Yangtze provinces, and that there will
Rev. Pere Wetterwald, writing from be a conflagration when Chuo Heu-chanz Jenchiu, stated that With good rains, of Hunan attacks Hupeh or when the this nightmare of a famine would pass." aotorious Li Lich-chun, (who is still in
Encouraging reports have been re- Hunan en command of Yunnan and Kueiecived from Pingsier. Taching, Wenan, how forces) attacks Kinngsi. As Tsangchow district, etc.,, which all point matter of fact, the whole situation in the to the fact that, after wheat harvest, Yangtze Valley depends upon the prefumins conditions will cease to exist. sunt campaign between Kwangtung and In view of all these reports, the Exe- Kwangsi. If Kwangtung wins, the Sun cutive Board has decided to close the
will Yat-sen Government in Canton surely join hands with the defunct books on June 30th, and as relief is no. lenders to occupy the Yangtzekiang and longer required, no further donations are
solicited by this Committee. then fight against the Peking-Mukule n- Proting combination. This is the be lief that prevails in well-informed Chiq. ese circles in this southern capital, and the civil war between the two Kwang provinces in the South is being watched with great interest The attitude of General Chi, who was once a disciple of Marshal ex-Premier Tuan Chi-jui, is ambiguous so that he is regarded as the third clever "fence rider because the fence first and the second clever
riders were the late Generals Feng Kuo-chang and Li Shum who success. fully deed Yan Shih-kni and Tuan Chi-jui and made themselves prominent through their fence riding policies. General Chi is on good terms with both; Peking and Hangehow.
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The opportunity is taken to tender the Committee's warmest thanks to foreign and Chinese supporters, both in China and abroad. for their generous and con- tinuous help....
JAPANESE
RUMOURS OF
LOANS.
THE DEEP SUSPICION" OF THE CHINESE
ASIATIC NEWS AGENCY.]
PEKING, June 27th. Major-General Banzai, who was des pashed to Japan by the Chinese Govern. PEKING June 27th.ent some time age in connection with The Cabinet, in reply to the petitions the postponenient of the payment of the of the Hupeh people, says that in view interest and capital of the various "industrial" loans signed between Mr. of the situation in the Yangtze Valley Nishibaru and Tano Ja-lin in 1918, bas and for other reasons, it is impossible to dismiss General Wong Chan-gunn so that new returued to Peking and resumed his he must be retained in Wachang for the duty as military adviser to the Govern present. As penalties, the Government ment. In connection with the return of Major-General Banzai, the vernacular will deprive Wong Chan-yun of his official rank and title and in addition Papers are publishing rumours of Japan-|
ese loans to China with the Kirin-Huia- The suitably indemnify the sufferers.
15 security, Government will be responsible foring the Chinese eastern, the Kao-Hou
Tai-Shun railways and future similar incidents.
totalling seventy-five million dollars. This report of the Chinese Press is, of course, not true,, and the reason we give publicity to it is just to show the deep auspicion" entertained by the Chinese to wards the movements of prominent Japanese in this country at the moment when political unrest exists everywhere in China.....
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ICKANG, June 18th. The inhabitants of this city do not know what to do to prevent a recurrence of the deporable looting that bas twice befallen them. The merchants belda
A JAPANESE STEAMER'S CARGO. meeting, to which they asked representa tive foreigners, so as to get some sugges It was reported in Shanghai last week tions for future measures for safety. All that a Japanese steamer named the the advice, that could be given them was ogawa-muru was lying at Wocsung with that they themselves should petition their 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition shipped own Government for permission to format Peking. The steamer is said to have on International Settlement on somewhat been chartered by Peking agents and to the same lines as that of Chefeo. Later, be bound for Haiphong, in French Indo- the Chamber of Commerce called a public Chiun, but it was believed that the meeting of all the citizens of Ichang ammunition would be smuggled to the their premises, but nothing definite was done, and the meeting was dispersed with the promise that another would be called.
ALLOWED TO KEEP LOOT.
It is rather remarkable that the mili- tary officials provide the soldiers with the means of transporting their loot. Im mediately after the looting on the 4th instant, the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Divi- sion was taken away on the 'etr. Kieilee, which was laden to the gun-wales with loot.
When she returned a week later she was sent off again with the 4th Regi- ment, and again the steamer was loaded down with the loot of the town.
AN OFFENSIVE- AGAINST SOVIET RUSSIA.
BARON UNGERN'S. " NATURAL' -
BASE."
Kwangsi Militarists somewhere off the Southern China Coast, before the vessel reaches her nominal destination. It was stated that the steamer was expected to proceed up the Whangpoo from Wo sung to take on additional war material at the Shanghai arsenal.
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DR. MANNIX'S ALLEGIANCE.
MELBOURNE, May 19th. The Government is being pressed" to compel Archbishop Mannix on his arrival to take the oath of allegiance. As already stated, Mr. Hughes told the Nationalist caucus that it was not in tended to interfere, and. I have no reason to suppose that the Goverruneat will change its decision.
The Argue, while advising the Govern- ment not to make a martyr of Archbishop Mannix, regrets that the Vatican should have sent back to Australia a notorious The Novexti Jiani," Non-Partisan paper published at Harbin, prints Baron disturber of the peace who has created Ungarn's manifesto issue at Urga on serious divisions and aroused deep May 1st, appealing to all Russian detach antagonisms even among his co-religion- monte stationed in the territory of Soviet Siberia as well as all those ready to resume the struggle against the Reds of Russia. The manifesto begins with:
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WHAT YOUR EYES TELL.
the Chief of the Asiatic Cavalry Divi: If your distant vision is clear, if you can read gion, Licut. General Baron Ungern
and says that Mongolia is a natural-continously without pain or disconfort, if your base for conducting an offensive against eyes never burn, aahe, water or feel irritated Bovied Rusais. It goes on to state ?---
1.That Ataman Semenoff, supported and you have few or no bealaches, omit any by the Japanese troops, will launch an
offensive in the Ussuri region in the first immediate concern about your eyes. If, on the part of June;
That he, Baron Ungern, submits to contrary, any of the above symptoms annoy Ataman Semenoff and
hahaha na yon, at least have your eyes examined. Glasses 3.That there is no doubt, whatever of ultimate success for the offensive is to may give you unexpected 'comfort on required be carried out according to av well occasions. The Refracting Chamber of The elaborated political plan.
Commenting on the manifesto the
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