According to information received in well-informed Shanghai circles, Wuchang has not yet fallen, and there are rumours current that the Southerners are retiring. is stated that the position of the Southern armies is precarious Firing on foreign merchant steamers has ceased, came by telegraph that they ware to withdraw at once and this they did in the most disorderly fashion, but so intent were they upon getting away that the town was un-seathed. They left behind ammunition and stores in abundance and by daylight these were the only relics of their occupation. During the morning watchnien with gongs weft their rounds and advised the terrifled populace to get out their tings and prepare. to welcome the southern conquerors. The _tense and jlistracted townsfolk waited for hours and then, shortly after noon, in marched something over a hundred of the Inds in_green and took formal possession. The letter which details these events adds that Wu: Pei-fu was exptured but that he was being treated kindly.
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