9th May.
The Question of the New Provinces There i much unrest up here now. The ques ion as to whether there will be province of Kianghuai or not is still} unsettled. At Tsitgkiangpu the whole city closed shop till the officials promised to send for the Nanking Viceroy to settle the matter. There is trouble due to disturbing existing conditions. Othe: have secured: promised positions in new government, and are loath to give them up. The -Vicoroy h boon at Teingkiangpu a woak and ut yot able to effect a solution of. mater. In the meantime' there ' "been serious threatenings in the n hern end of province. The revolutionary party, headed by Chang of 1901 revolutionary fame, is the moving spirit. The foreign ladies and children have left Hstichien for the ime being.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.