Public opinion in Hankow and the surrounding cities is declared to be much divided as usual. The prosperous classes view victory for the Cantonese-as a disaster, and many are leaving Hankow as fast they can. Foreigners from Nanking, arriving Thursday and is impossible owing to the large number of refugees who are crowding the boats to capacity from points up the river. Hence, several [parties of travellers from Nanking came by' rail through necessity.
On the other side of the question, however, are massed the labouring classes in the besieged cities who show strong signs of sympathy for the invading army, as the Cantonese have not been slow in offering gilded promises for bettering every conceivable kind of condition. The business of agitation is reported thriving.
The American Church General Hospital at Wuchang which has been filled with cholera patients been in the midst of the arti bomberment; according to reports. The doctors of this institution, whose sleeping quarters are on Verandah report that bullets have whizzed over their beds, fortunately
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