ret A.

ven awad.v

* wid uslut.

2. Kalu sual Sansowe

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d.

Financial problems of new government ure chief danger to

public peace.

creditore.

They have to fulfil so many promises to so many 223

Tu Tu has issued a procianation inviting subscrip-

tions to enable the new government to carry on. Their funds at

present

* as far as one can secertain, are betscon Taela 100,000

They have received a severé, albeit temporary,

and 1,000,000.

love to revenue through burning of the land deeds in Treasurer'a

01.

Engineer in chief of Chinoso

Condition of the Delta anarchical.

suction of vanton-Kowloon Railway went to inspect line with or Chunɛ,

dologate of new overnment. They were held up arst turned back by

an arg01 3ob at Cheklung and their escort of 46 son aienred. Pre-

sumably theno vore creiture of the present government.

Maritime Customs hoiste the new flng afloat, O miceionur laze

explaining that it was 'difficult to carry on routine work in obience

of any national esblen".

doneral Lung mukus overtures to 1.M.Comsul General with regard

to his leaving Canton.

Tuesday, November 14th.

Fighting at Lamchun, thú railway station on the British frontler.

ritish troops have been sent there from Hongkong.

Friction between new sodel troops and Lu'e men: occasional street

righting. Tu iu wishes to disband the former, but on wivice of Gulde

ho calls thew to Provincial Assembly art addrouss. tho in flattering

terma. Proclaw he has now eufficient troops. Durin: past five

dayn ho hus supplied & constant stream of vagabonia from the country

with aris.

A delegate of new government sent down to theklung eith 40,000

to placate the mob who apposed running of traitits,

Jovernment funds running short. Bchero decursed by Juilda for

raising 5,000,000 loan.

• rench voneul has sent priest to visit Tu Tu and express hope,

in rather humble way, that he will continue to afford proto tion.

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