Wasib, Mar. 18. gruesome relic of the recent war} is hanging just outside the principal gate of Wusth. A cook in a shop in Kiangyin, was convicted of having led a party of looting soldiers, and was shot, then beheaded. The head is being exposed as a warning for three days, A brutal murder took place half way between here and Kiangyin last week, the - victim being the manager of a mill who knew' where $17,000 of the mill's ready money was hidden.
Upon discoveringsthat Ps the money was gone he accused his Soon after this he, with started back to Wusih by he was shot from the wall group of soldiers. Suspicion pointed to the assistant, and he was arrested. Through evidence, and, later, by his own confession, he was " convicted, not only of having stolen the money and of having bribed the soldiers who: committed the murder, buy of having an immense amount of loot in his possession.
Soldiers are in and about the city' in varying numbers, but order is strictly maintained, and the stories hear from elsewhere of the!
equities of the Fengtien troops are true as far as Wusih is concerned.
Business is being resunwd and people are returning to their homes. No security is left for the future, however, and an under-current of uneasiness is: manifest. I think it ay. fox safe to say, however, thut ever
and it is greatly to be hoped. that the jzumour, which is gaining ground, that the troops are to be taken north, will prove true,
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