Well might one exclaim "How have the mighty fallen." Chang Fro-lin's downfall ridden was unexpected. Few indeed, any, could have foreseen that the irong administration which he had built up in Manchuria would have rumpled like pack of cards, and that the work of years would go for naught.
People here can scarcely realize yet the extent of the disaster which has.. overtaken Mukden. At preent they are chiefly concerned with the danger of the troops in the city getting out of hand, but the precence of Japanese troops in the city having a comforting effect 2 Frantic Flight "The writer has witnessed pani Peking, but not even there has he witnessed such a wholesale, such a Arantle exodus as has been taking place for the last four days, Mo-for-cars, carriages, and ricshas piled with baggage and human freight, have been entering the several approaches to the Japanese concession in apparently endless streams, and consequence every available room the hotels and elsewhere has been taken. That come people thought:
worth while to carry away th stove pipes is an indication of the panic which has overtaken the population. Foreign flags, the Japan-4#¢ predominating of course, are rieing carried on vehicles as a precautionary measure, but from what Loan gather there seems to. be ttle prospect of Tooting, though naturally this impression is not shared by many.
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