There are several considerations that. should make this a most. desirable place of refuge for at least a thousand people. It is removed from the great centres of population and is expable of easy defence. Kuling is the most healthful place Central China, and should be reckoned a haven of rest for nervous women and run-down children, with their husbands and fathers to look after them. Most reassuring news comes from Viceroys Chang Chih-tung and Liu K'un-yi, as to their attitude, so that instead of being a place to get away from, Kuling should be looked upon as a place of refuge. The only appre! at present is that the people in plains, seeing that foreigners have become frightened, "would make a rush on the estate for plunder. The Committee of Safety are taking every precaution for the protection of the Estate. At the same time, howerer, those who desire todo so, are leaving the mountain in as quiet a manner as possible.
A guard of twenty marines would restore confidence, and Kuling would come forward asa greater blessing to Mid-China than ever. This guard we are confidently expecting.
20th June.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.