Hankow, Sept. 10.
The general situation remains the same, Very little fiting has curred during the last 24 hours except for sniping along the banks of the river, Chiang Kai-shek has stated to the Hankow Chamber of Commerce that he will not reduce! Wuchang by bombardment on ac~ count of the civilians in the city. An aeroplane has been hovering over Wuchang most of the day and it was reported that two bombs were dropped near the Hanyang Gate about noon, though no sound of explosions were audible Chiang Kai-shek has advised the people of the Wu-Han cities, to honour the new issue of government notes by the Central Bank of Canton.
Telephone connexion with the foreigners in Wuchang has been impossible to-day though a letter writ. ten in Wuchang was delivered Hankow showing that some mail service still exists.
'Mz, B. B, Chapman who has been Central. China Teachers' College during the whole time of the attack was able to make his way to Fankow to-day. As the college is outside the walls he was passing entirely through territory in the hands of the Southerners. In the afternoon he started back accompanied by Mr. A. A. Bullock of the same institution. "Tu accordance with a promise to the Southerners, Mr. Chapman refrained from any} comment on the military situation as he had observed it, Circular Letter Blaming Him for Association with the-
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