In Honan there are only two regiments of the Imperial army, the 49th and 60th; both of which are stationed Changsha, The province generally jo defended by a force that for distinetion we may call the militia, Both militia and regulars are, however, properly enlisted and are really" both ers, Bat the fact is that no country governed by men of common sense would or could have such absurd arrangement as has existed since the introduction of the " New Forces" in this province. The new and old are not only not ce-ordinated under one rule, they hare been encouraged to tilty were disptch-9 same time 200 or 300 of the militia, But they never acted together.
If the regalers went east, the militia either went west or stayed at home. One theory alone fits into these facts any reason. The ressoniog has been made, bat it has proved woefully unreasonable, The bright idea has possessed even governors and taotais that if one branch on the walla to open the city gates. A fire was made and a cry, ised for the fire engines to come out nothing to do with the too transparent plot, and kept the city shat, On the other hand, on the Sanday morning, mbori the regulars marched out of their hi sks well armed and equipped, the militia would not sbat the city gates, bat let the men march on without opposition to the governor's yameo. There they drew up their machine gans and practically summoned the Governor to " parley. He came to the front accompanied by General Hoang.
The general—to whose advice the differential treatment of the regulars} snd militia was rightly or wrongly attribated—was seized and led, or rather kicked and dragged through the streets, back to the city gates, A glance at the situation made it quite clear to the governor that whether his guards were or were not willing to defend him, they had no chance inet the machine gans which were levelled at bim, So without " word, the Governor turned and walked to the} back of his bole made through the wall in anticipat tion of the event that bad actually happened.
By " coincidence, that have beard no Chinese ref events occurred just as the moon moved jin front of the san, The Republic bad a dark beginning in the city of Changsha. For an hoor or sx, we occasionally caught a glimpse through rifts in the clouds of the almost annularly eclipsed san.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.