And yet something has happened that most people cannot com. prehend. The train service to Hat-chow has not been interrupted: for more then one day at most, and the reports that come from that centre are to the effect that the Fengtien troops are occupying the district ever increasing numbers, On, the face of things it would seem that ae long as the train service is maintained there are no immediate probabilities ofa break with the people, that might so easily capture whole train, when rolling stock is 0 much in demand, hand these very carry a fright refugees, who are filing the city here, and other garri 4on towns to overflowing. Further, friends and letters "from Kueiteh tell us that that city. and district 4s becoming a great concentration centre for the Honan troops. The field kitchens that stood on the Kaifeng siding for so long have deen moved, and now every track that can be used is filled with troop rains, loaded with troops. and inipedimenta, Unless the assurance of the Tupan, Yueh Wei-tsun, to Peking in" correct—that he' is neutral, and intends to remain so—there seems to be no explo what activity is apparent: to maintain his of arms, ately puts market, and they are bought up by speculators and hustled back to Honan again.
The teachers in the Goversiment schools and the employees in government offices have not this resource, however. For many months now the teachers have not been paid, even in this so-called money, and it is said that on the coming Monday, November 2, there will be no teachers at their posts. This strike to continue in the higher Government schools till salaries are paid in silver dollars. It is 's curious fact hile the Mission schools short in, pupils, fallowing, the eident, there are plenty of teachers who prefer taking the comparatively smaller: salary that is assured in these institutions to the seemingly larger returns in the Government schools.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.