HARD TIMES
CONDITIONS AT PEKIN ; RESULT OF TRANSFER OF ; CAPITAL ''-'.'X'J* TRYING WINTER THREATENED United Press Association—By Electrief' Telegraph—Copyright "Times" Cables. ... ... (Received 13th November, 11.30 VM,),. PEKIN, 12th November.,; The anniversary of Sun birthday, which was recently, added to the rapidly growing list of Chines^,., national holidays, was celebrated 'witb> display of official enthusiasm here to-day, when the city was decked with Kuomintang colours and a crowd of about 6000 attended an open air meeting.at which inspiring speeches were made-by Kuomintang leaders. Despite , ...the strenuous efforts of Kuomintang propaganda experts, no great amount of popular fervour was noticeable, for which the prevailing business depression. >nd unusuallv cold weather were probably jointly responsible. Thousands .....who heretofore lived fairly comfortably' have. been reduced almost to pauperism. AS t.hjb result of the transfer of the capital to Nanking, and they are now largely, preoccupied with the problem of scraping somehow through what threatens .to-be an exceedingly hard winter for- the bulk of the population. ■.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 November 1928, Page 7
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161HARD TIMES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 November 1928, Page 7
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