The Archive · 1926

Quiet Day at Wa-Han

Hankow, Sept. 14.

No forther skirmishes are_reported.on the Peking-Hankow Railway, positions on the Hupeh border, They, do not appear to wish to advenes farther until, their position round] Wachang and' Hankow is more secure—Reuter, Hankow, Sept, 11.

A relief expedition is being' organized here to rescue several foreigners, mostly missionaries, who Jare inside the city of Wuchang though the opinion is expressed that the matter will be most difficult of arrangement.

'A peace delegation from Hankow] suffered a nasty experience yesterday when proceeding across the river to Wuchang, being heavily fired on by the besieged tro} though flying a special flag indicative of their mission, having finally to return without having accomplished anything.—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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