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Saturday, April Fifteenth, 1916.
HOLLAND PREPARED FOR HOSTILITIES
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Camp of Turks and Bedouins
Is Attacked and Forces
Are Dispersed.
ARMOREDMOTORS'
VALUE IS PROVED
Dash Made Into Joinl Camp
Al 40 Miles an Hour;
Artillery Captured.
L N D V. ENCJ , April 15. Details of
the. dashing action In which the
duke of Westminster, at the head
Hie armed motor squadron which he
1 nted to the nation, routed a camp
lurk-! and Bedouins in western
in ljae Just been received here.
m i-omit nays:
rplane reconnaissance discovered
l in tne morning that the camp at
iar was empty. Orders were at once
' on to push forward in pursuit 'with
loanable boldness" The. going was
mI for the first eight miles After that.
cc- the cars struck the Derna
i I and the pae was increased, reach
k iiMrh 40 miles an hour.
Main t'ninp I sighted.
Tim cars passed some hundreds of
1 uip rnyig westward, many or
m lx nice afmed, but no notice was
. i of them. The main camp was
- 1 1 ihuut a mile south of the road, 25
' wft of Solium. Direction was
i nli itr) changed, and all but two
' Hie urj advanced in line These latv
went about two m'les farther along
i rnti, before turning south, acting
;n i oncerted plan
i the lari approached one sun and
in ii liinc puns name into action.
i .!- ii i n smnrtly handled by the en-
i tnii the whole gun team were shot
nc i while the cars were 400 yards
iu m The cars then dashed Into the
EX-KING MANUE TO SEEK DIVORCE
E, FOB FIRST IS
1
TIME HAS HOUSES
Fin ALL PEOPLE
Since 1870 the Problem Has
Been to House Growing
Population.
MODERN FLATS ARE
SOLVING PROBLEMS
R
i
t'nplurr Ml Artillery.
1 ii hostile forces scattered in e-
t iIimi lion, and the pursuit was car-
i . i fter about ten miles there
ii wicrr f the petrol supply glv-
out It irai found when the cars
1 ii 1.1111 i oncentrated, that all of
i;niii m tiller had fallen into
i Iih'hIk This amounted to three
- i ml nine machine suns, with 21
. i barrels and some 40 rciolvers
i i larae quantit of ammunition.
iint-oiie prisoners, who formed
t (' vhip- re'kert crews who had
I iiii on the Crrenaica coast and had
i . seized bj ihe Senussi, were res-
i
inir force consisted of eight offl
n .mil u other ranks. Our officer
u ii v!ii.htl wounded
letory a Complete One.
In thiee weeks Gen Pevton's forre
i .s i.intuiPd the commander and
1 .Hi n
Hi, Turkish suborinate commanders.
1 is drum the scattered remnant of
I i fun e far beond the Egyptian bor
.Ici Tiid has taken all his artillery and
ii ii tunc nuns During the operation
In fim has ad anted 160 miles.
"I h w ork of the infantry was ren-
rin supremely arduous by lack of
iiii hut all difficulties were met
id wr cine with splendid spirit.
OMH, Italy, April li For the
first time in the history .of
modern Rome there are enough
houses In the city to accommodate its
population. According to recent mu-
1 niclpal statistics, the city has almost
1 - ....m fit, aqiH nf ft fioO-Oaa inhab
itants. In the 12-year period cited,
the pouplation has Increased 106,500,
the number of new rooms S1.8S7. and
at a total building cost of $12,000,000.
The solution of the housing problem
of Rome ha been closely studied by
American cities through their own ex
perts and through United States con
sular reports because here new, clean
er and roomier dwellings have not
meant an Increase but a decrease In
rents for poor people.
ew Growth Slnre 1STO.
The problem In Rome has offered
peculiar difficulties, partly because
Rome has been at times the most
populous and at other times the least
populous of the cities of the world.
In Its most populous das, when its
inhabitants nave Deen anouaiy esti
mated at from 1.000,060 to 3.000,000. it
solved its housing problem by the in
dention of the skyscraper of nine
stories. When the temporarj power
of the papacy ended in 18"0. Rome had
a population or ziio,u"u, ming in an
cient, damp and unhealthy stone
houses, and since that date it has been
struggling to provide enough room for
its yearly increasing population, com
ing in part from foreign countries, but
principally from its own provinces
The two citizens who hate been most
prominently identified with the solu
tion of the problem are former mayor
Nathan and former premier I.uigi Luz
zattl The method of the latter was
to raise city taxes on old houses and
to let new ones go free of taxes for
a given period. Mayor Nathan put an
extra tax of 3 percent on land on
which the owners refused to build.
He also secured the adoption of ordi
nances providing low taxes for dwell
ings occupying but one-fourth of the
building plot and the rent of an
apartment of which did not exceed :
a month. Other parts of the scheme
ir vol veil the Dreservatlon of ancient
Rome as public monuments and parks i
and Inducing the poor population to
leave the old buildings for tne nignei.
MED LIFE OF
FOOD RULER
IN A TANGLE
Wife Is German Princess and
He Wishes To Join
The Allies.
former'queen
very homesick
Wins Sympathy Of Queen
Alexandra, Who Often
Is With Her.
LONDON. Kng., April 15 l.er since
Germany declared war on his
country, there have been rumori
here that ex-king Manuel, of Portugal,
was going to enter the British armv
and that he had definitely decided to
get a dHorce from his joung wife,
the former pnnces3 Augusta Victoria
of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringcn.
It has always been a publio secret
that the marriage has not been a happy
one. Only a short time after the wed
ding there was talk of a divorce and
six months later, in Aurll or May. isn,
it was looked upon as almost Inevit
able Nothing less than a friendly
warning from the Pope himself ,waa
necessarv to persuade- the princess to
give up the idea, aselia'WSS quite de
termined to take her causer, to the Va
tican. (tueen Aniclle. Is Pence Maker,
Queen Amelle. 06 P0Eta$L mother
of Manuel, who is know In royal i
circles for her infinite tact, and who.
although French by birth, exerts i
great deal of influence upbji the father I
of the nrlnceas. Wilhelm of Hohenieol- I
lern Slgmaringen. succeeded in reesta
blishing some semblance of cordial re
lations between her son and her
daughter-in-law.
When the European war broke out,
however, these relations might justly
be described as a condition of armed
truce. The sympathies of Manuel are
strongly In favor of the Allies and he
adores France, the native country. of
his mother. Never a ery diplomatic)
joung man. he made no attempt what
ever to conceal his feelings from bis
wife. who. having true Ilohenzollern
Mood in hec veins. Is far more German
in her way of thinking than is her
father, who Is said to look upon the
kaiser as a dangerous lunatic.
l"rlnees .timnri Sd.
U Richmond, where the rotal couple
K..a T ftiAtn hnmA nannl a hara jL
healthy sections outside the ancient and wa)s nad a Btrong feeling of sympathy
medieval sites . for the princess who looks so sad and
Model inr(inent lloiines IlnlU. homesick and who has certainly been
The result of these various measures j ,eft a ood ,,ea, to ner Belf Her
hM been the btilldlnap of the oer , SDOUse had evidently not quite
Tiber section known aa Pratl and the , finighed sowing his ery prolific crop
high quarter above the ancient cin, f wilu oatB The war betwee.i Ger
whlch really lies in the Tiber bottoms. I . ,, ., rountrv naR made no
ill uptown sections ui .New ioi-k. , ,ohenIO,lrn princess and the
ine suourus oi i;mcaKO. Jvaneas .. .... ,An.i i .
lii'.i ...... . - . ,.... . , iiv niCMij iwii i ivRciiici annual
nptured quite !0 percent or t-iiy or Linai nnu. n mi we inipruv- i eVerv week wjtn the result that
German Ambassador
To Sweden Invoiced
In Scandal, Report
1 ilmtnit Russia. April 15. Ac
line, to the Caret te. a scandal Is be
m: riiiiupKcd in Stockholm circles, the
entr.l riKure In which is German am
i i,-stdin ion T.utxow
'ii tor' sas hecentlv he has gone
' wiilv to one of the most fash-
ii !i urn i rt halls in Stockholm.
it tin same time
M r u tr encaged for
TtiK was beautiful and became n
-n it popular favorite she is the
'i fe of a well-known merchant In
loikliolni tnbassador Lutzow auc
iinliil In making her acquaintance.
With ea h Nisit he paid her at the
1 nil he became more and more free
Ins i ondiict. according to the Ga-
'i. The dancer told him again and
known as Alta Roma, outside of Portia
Pia and generally surrounding the
central station of the State Hailwa.
In these quarters may be seen blocks
of model apartment bouses that are
not unlike in aspect those in the new-
lv built uptown sections of New Yoric
cit
Cit
mpnt nf the street car communications.
the poorer people are also graduallv I
removing far outside the ancient walls
and building little homes on the Cam
pagna Romana, which 30 3 ears ago
was a bandit-infested desert filled
with the ruins of ancient Rome.
Meanwhile ancient and medieval
Kerne is being cleaned up and beauti
fied While many of the famous pal
aces are still Inhabited by the owning
princes, they are slowly abandoning
them, eub-letting parts for business
offices and living apartments, them
difference whatecr. except that it has
perhaps even added to the sympathies
and respect of the people of Richmond
towards the homesick princess
Queen Alexandra has alwats shown
herself a sincere friend of the lonelr
hae
HOLLAND'S TROOPS AND QUEEN
7fi xw-v - i . wo mrxtoMvw.i -wi s., v H'iszimiaKBmimi i
iShfflBaf r.i.. .immomJ "-- - i
- v rrN&'s3affgrr3 iw x mrwaacs t
Army Of 400,000 Troine'd
To the. Minute In
Efficiency. -
i ONLY LACKS FOOD
AND AMMUNITION
Attack By Sea Regarded "Asr
Impossible and Land Is
Well Protected. " ,
T
lirSK photographs show some of the 400,0"0 nun who iletend little Holland from imasion. At the top is a skirmish
line on the eastern frontier. Below is show n a clog team bringing a machine gun dow n a steep sand dune on
the coast. To the' left is queen Williclinina.
Augusta Victoria adores the queen
mother.
Mother Mny Interefere
If Manuel, after all does not carry
out his plan of taking acthe service)
in the British arm, it will be due to
the persuasion of his mother, who
still hopes to aert the threatening
divorce It is doubtful, however, if
she will succeed, for Manuel is said
to be determined to show his pariot
ism at a time when his native country
18 at war with German
I nm n Tine, ..,.,... 1--. .. T .ItH t, .
..!.. t...llt .. .lnnA- .1 .111-. ' "" iwivu-.ror HIDl vi n. He
ViT. T.J,ii.,.i. , .i. ""i". S .- . ' ,K reported to have said, "and I will
?nl.iih.,,l,Um the I-omentau. , not b eatigf,ed t he told continual
Thellrorrf the Italian government , IrXpzoll"''11 thC CnSrt C
le.-8."?1??"1 to. '5.rer?1,"m On the other hand, it remains to be
la? S.Z.u,jr,..u"L.1Tr- W.'!"?!" tk' "t'M. gi'vemment.
!... il."i."V " .t r ,, wnicn dec
-iiiiiuiaieu worn oil new imuiic uuilii- I f (,rleanlI. wiil nennlt Manuel to en
lugs, and when the war is over It is
expected that the ambitious nroiei t
of tearing down some of the squalid
dwellings near the Vatican will be put
Into execution and new streets laid
new Swedish ' rorming a proper vista to St Petei s
dancing act.
again to leave her dressing room. At
last she told him to quit her presence
In five minutes. The following day a
woman holding a high position at
rourt called on him and Informed him
that the German Imperial court
strongly condemned his conduct It Is
quite on the cards, therefore, that
his excellency maj haie to resign.
.. " 1 "- niiciuei nit- ..iili-.ii Kinri nniriii,
wTmbllr blld! ! "':h declined the service of PhUlippe
irjeans, win perm
ter the British army.
Internal Strife Menaces Switzerland
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Modcl Fcacration Under Severe Strain
Zi l ii H bwitxerland, April, 15
Switzerland had often been praiseil
11 a model for larger states
,1 cspenalh for the 'United States
I 1 uropi ' or which many men dream.
ii p ople of the little federation like
ilii- and are proud that on Swiss soil
tlii ci or four races speaking dlffer-
nt languages have developed in com
mni a civilisation and individual lib-
"" hoi surpassed nnj where
Two .ars ago the thought that the
uiiitv of this wonderful little de
uiocincv could be shaken b anv storm
vcould have seemed jireposterons Rut
1 'i tin republic is seriously threat-
1 i ii ti internal dissension
i iiiil.Ii tie irn eminent Is maln-
1 M . it "-I i H t, st net rnlil v the s m-
i ' . ill
population for one group of the bel
ligerents or the other have caused a
severe rupture
The German speaking inhabitant
of the central, northern and eastern
cantons on one side and the French
and Italians in the west and south
on the other are almost enemies It will
take a long time and much patieni
to bridge the gulf opened by the var.
The French speaking western can
tons and the Italian speaking Ticino
take part of the Allies Along the
French border, German speaking Swiss
citizens even soldiers in uniform, and
gorernment officials, ate Insulted,
hooted and sometimes assaulted.
"he German speaking population of
mr central and nslc rn cantons mhi-
patnises
lantcltm.ntt ofllie Ipoweis """"" "" '" -
Acting Lieutenants Not
Officers Say the French
B Hln Oer April 15 The Tn nch mill
tai authorities still refuse to treat captured
c.crman aetlng lieutenants as officers Thev
claim that the "Offlxiers-atillvertreter" at
they are called in the German army, are
only non-commissioned officers put tempor
arily in command of a detachment or coni
pan Despite all protests made through
tho American embass) In Paris, thee offi
cers are kept In the camps for private sol
diers and they do not get the pay to which
the offieers ar entitled.
As an act of reprisal the German arm)
administration now nas decided to treat thu
French "sous-lieutenants." Ns'ho are also taK
en from the ranks of the non-Lommliislonrd
officers, in the same manner. All French
officers of this rank In Germany have been
sent to the ordinary prison camps and they
will be kept there until the French govern
ment comes to the ODinlon that the Ger
man acting lieutenants are reali officers
and should be given the privileges due their
rank.
Statue of Von Hindenburg
Brings in Fund of $147,000
Berlin, German , April IS The gri
Kantic atatue of field marshal on
Hindenburg; which was uneiled here
six months asro, has already brought
nearly 5150.000 to the National fund
for war widows and orphan. Since
September, 300 Kold, 40,000 mler and
-OC.000 iron nail hae been drien into
the colaasal, wood, n figure of the
Kieat army leader and his chest and
sword had been decorated with 14
iler and UK iron shields The re
"eipts from the s lie of Ih. n tils and
hii M ) fM i,a., jiiiu mud io ii.oiu
thaii $1 1 n
Canadian Liquor Men Asfy
Time To Sell Out; Most
Of Dominion Now Is Dry
Mmniper Can. ApMl 13 A movement i
andr way among liquor dealers la Manitoba
hich oted out Its aaloona at an election
last month, t' petition the government for
tno months of grace in order to dispose of
stork on hand .Should the petition meet
with favor, the prolnco will go "dry" until
Aurust 1.
We have hcn with yon for two score
ears and another 60 das will matter llt-tl-
" In the plea f the llqudr dealers.
On tho othor hind tho prohibition lead
ers hotl protest against an extension of
tim Thev point to the fact that moro
than thn fourths of Canadian territory al
TfRdy ha v,iid out saloons and confidently
predict that IWor tht new vear Quebec
alone among: ihe prnvincea will retain the
liquor licencing Ntst. m and that even here
ineniinfr will b. r'ntricted to Montreal
1 Uu btc and a number of lare urban cen
; ter
The postibiIlt of tho "Dominion govern
ment passing rlKid prohibition measures ha
mndo large liquor deal or In Quebec as well
at in other sm tloni ununy It Is said Sev
ral measures ptrtalnmg principally to the
dlipment of spirits from et to dry terri
tory now am before parliament
On Septemltr 11 Ontario, for years con
sldt red the stronghold of the Canadian
liquor intTPst wHl go dry b direct legis
lation which will continue effective until
after the war
Tho 3-!0 llcetiqes in Alberta prolnce will
b" ancelled Juiy 1
Sakatchett an province now ha one of the
mo-t stringent urtallment laws, all liquor
traffic b ing controlled by the provincial
gowrnm-nt No person may use liquor ex
it pt In hi own home
Voa Scotia entered the prohibition ranks
Mar. h 1" IMC In ew Brunswick, nine of
th l rnunti .ire dr
A lo at option lau in Quebec, passed be
fore confederation and which now covers
about 900 psrHhes or approximately two
thirds of the province. Is la effect. Except
In large cities there are practically no
licensed bars
Total prohibition has been adopted bj
Newfoundland the island colon, abolishing
sale mnnufarture. importation and transpor
tation of liquor
Bavarian Women Must
Wear Narrower Skirls
Berlin, Germany. April 15. The Ba
arian government has taken drastia
measurers to pitf an end to the ex
travagant fashions of women during
wartime. .s all appeals of the auth
orities were ignored by the fair ses:
the minister of the Interior recently
issued an order forbidding the Im
mensely wide skirts which arc, worn
by most girls and women, for dress
goods are becoming very scarce and
there is hardly sufficient wool and
cotton to supply the soldiers in the
field with the necessary clothing. Tho
step is hotlv resented by the women,
but they will have to wear unfashion
able tight skirts again if they du not
want to be fined
TTO
I
IN GElif IS
RUNNING SHORT
People in Suburbs of .Berlin
Unable to Obtain
Any, is Claim.
DENMAEK SHIPS
FOOD TO ENGLAND
French People Would Burn
All German Library Books
Berne, Switzerland. April 15 The
Paris correspondent of the "Bund" re
pcrts that agitation for the destruc
tion of all tlermaii hooks in the
Trench public libraries is gaining
ground in the prolines In Paris the
inocement doex not find much sm
li.it h but hi --malli r cities the au
thorities have found It neceiaary to
iemoe all Ueiman volumes from the
llhiaties .uu in acinic ,mes the IiooKh
Ii.mc Im en tmlilirlc hiumd niml mm ful
Utnoii-ti itnuib of th population.
BERLIN, Germany. April 15 Time
and again the goernment has
assured the German people that
the supply of potatoes on hand is more
than sufficient. But the fact remains
that in practically all the suburbs of
Berlin inhabited b the poorer part
of the population, almost none are to
be had for loe and mone
Kerone agrees that the govern
ment officials, -who are in charge of
the distribution are do'ng their utmost
and that the are in no w i to blame
for the local shortage, which they de
clare is mainly due to the selfishness
of the farmers, who are hoarding hid
den supplies in the hope of higher
prices.
Landowners lllnmecl.
The indignation against the Junkers,
or wealthy land owners. Is rapidly ap
proaching the danger point It is sig
nificant that Herr Wermuth, mayor
of Berlin, has not hesitated to attack
violently von Oldenburg and Januschal,
the great Prussian landowners, whose
Intimate friendship with the kaiser
hitherto has saved him from criticism
The food situation is growing worse
da b day. because the imports from
Holland hae dwindled to almost noth
ing, a fact which is openly attributed
to the submarine polic
Demands are heard with increasing
frequency that pressure be put on Den
mark, to induce that counlr to cease
sending dair and farm produce to
England, and divert these exports to
Germany, where prices are very much
higher, than in the English market.
Hitherto the Germans have not seized
a single cargo of food going from
Denmark to England, presumably be
cause the Kcaii(llna ian countries are
German's otile connection with the
outside civilized world and because
larxe quantities of coffee and canned
supplies for the German armies ha
been coming continual! fiom thesi
countries, principally from Sweden,
niucknde. Tightening.
L.ctelj. however, since the tightening
of the British blockade. German buv
ers and agents hae been able to ob
tain ery little in Scandinavia, and no
reason is seen .why the German govern
ment under these circumstances should
allow Innish steamers filled with food
for England to pass through the fat
tegat eterv day, when the Danish pro
duce, if sent here, would materially
improe the food situation
In o ei unic nt circles it is said, hon
eei. tint inj atumpt to intluence
High Cost of Living in
Canada Has Many Causes,
Extravagance Chief One
London, Eng, April IS. The report
of the commission appointed to inves
tigate the high cost of living in
Canada, has been received In London.
The commission finds the increase in
the cost of living during the last 15
years, which has been practically B0
per cent. Is due to the increase In the
gold supply, which reduces the pur
chasing power of money, to manifold
forms of wastage and extravagance;
to restricted suppl following upon
disproportionate urhan development;
to prevailing methods of distribution
and marketing of products, to higher
tandards of lmng. to inefficient ser
Tice and lack of ocational training,
and to the effect of mergers, trusts
and combines
Denmark to stop keeping up her daily
shipments of food to England would
b looked upon as an insult by the Dan
ish people, and might result in their
compelling their present radical gov
ernment, which is strictly neutral, to
resign or join hands with the enemies
of Germany.
Five Killed By French
In Trying to Escape Is
Claim Of Escaped Man
Zurich. Switzerland, pril 15 Sergt
Joseph Hagerer, a German war pris
oner, who escaped from a French camp
recentl and reached Switzerland, aays
many German soldiers hate been tried
b court martini and shot after vain
attempts to escape.
To substantiate his charges the non
commissioned officer cites fne specl
flo cases, git ing the names of the
men who were eecuted
ONDON, Ens, April 15. With it
army of 400,000 men. trained to a.
fine point slnoe the great war be-t
gan, its two defensive water lines and.
their barrier fortresses and the for
midable eoast guns. Holland's' 650.000
Inhabitants are ready to offer a. des
perate and effective resistance to any
enemy.
Two things only Holland lacks, am
munition and food.
If out off from the outside world, the
doughty little state would soon suffer
from lack of coal and Iron mines to
supply the industrial needs of wax an 1
from lark of the farming land capable
of feeding all her people.
Slnco August 1. 1914, both England
and Germany have been ready to buv'
almost anything offered at a high
price and money has flowed into the
coffers of many Dutchmen. The ship
ping companies save grown rich
despite the vessels lost.
Bat to counterbalance this, a great
portion of the male population has been
kept under arms and so withdrawn
from fruitful labor, great tax levies
have been necessitated by the moboliza
tlon. and the constant fear of embroil
ment with one or both of the warring
alliances has caused sleepless nights
and restless days.
Sea Attack Impossible.
An attack on Holland from the sea is
almost impossible. The coast for the
most part Is low and sandy with a
great stretch of shallow water which
prevents large boats approaching
nearer than half a dozen miles. The,
few openings at the porta are pro
tected with cunningly planned forts
where great guns could pound a hostile
squadron to pieces without themselves,
being In serious danger.
But the unique features of Holland a
defence system is on the land. It
attacked from the east, the Dutch,
would almost immediately abandon the
eastern half of their country. Kc
large cities stand here and the land
Is of little value compared with the
western half. ......
Wllhelmina's armies would retire be
hind what is known as the New Hol
land water line A stretch of
country starting from the south shore
of the Zulder Zee and extending couth
and then west until it reaches the Hol
land Deep just west of the mouth of
the River Meuse (or Maas) would be
flooded to a depth of one foot
Flooda 'Would Stop Enemy.
On the west edge of this gigantic
moat stands a lino of stronc fortres
ses commanding it. The only ways
across this moat are roads, railway
lines and river banks. These are
higher than the sea level, while most
of the land is well below the sea, in
some places as much as 20 feet. All
these causeways could be raked by a
harrowing fire from the barrier forts.
The Dutch could flood the country
much deeper, but they do not wish to
do so A foot of water prevents na -igation
even in flat bottom boats. It
also prevents wading for several rea
sons. The ground below the water
becomes a soggy mass in which the
feet sink and are held. The conntrv
is cut up with many canals, pfmds and
other depressions into which soldiers
of an invading army would fall and
perish.
The Dutch have plenty of men to
defend this line for an enemy could
onlv use a few men against them. Even
if the enemy, with incredible labor
could build enough passage way across,
the water line to storm the defences
in the rear the Dutch would not havo
to ield Th would then retire to
a second and stronger water line,
starting at the same place as the first
(Continued on Pago 23. This Section.)
Mexican Pcao Buys 1350 Cninese "Cask
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p
uy tuopper Voins. JMelt I hcin
EKIX, llunu. April 15 Sn e the ncvuuatum of Txinir tan hv the JanaueM-
traders from Japan hao Mocked into 'Shantung province in" large numbeiu
and hme begun tradmir uMTatinna m .nt,.w h thev haMc no treat v
rights. Many of these traders are collecting old copper cash, the Chinese coins
which hae a hole in the center and are carried on string., anil arc melting the
coins down anil sellmj; the copper at a big profit
Tratfie in the (hniee copper tah is "joins; on in inanj p.ut- of I lima,
regardless ol tin central goMrnment's iculatious lorbiddmg tin exportation
of cash.
beveiity thousand pieces of copper cash were rccentU sciect lit ( Inncse ofli
cials on a tram at Changchun in central Manchuria. This num. was concealed
in trunks checked by Japanese. The cash is shipped to Mianshai or to Japanese
ports, w licit' it is melted don ami brings a high price because ot the scarcity
of copper.
In lYkm ami the more important commercial centr on tin lailways in
China, tah i-. used onlv lie tin I lnuiw. The rate of ec!'in, u'iu greatly in
different places. Ordmarih ten cuh arc worth one copper cmt. ilic cent is a
oin without a hole in it. and the ratio of the cent xalu" to the Meicsn dollar
is at present about 13.-, to one ( oii-.cquuitl one Mexican dollar v .II iiimkisc,
1250 toppo! cih in the lai"r cc litis.