was supposed: to" hayes died on September 4, but we here know that} he is very much alive and at present in Kaifeng, though it is likely that he will soon be transfered to another post. General Tien Wei-chin has been appointed Defence
shortly to take the post of Tupan. Commissioner for Honan, and' is General Tien is now at Chengchow, (but is expected to arrive at Kaifeng in.a day or 50.
From a reliable authority we hear that 20,000 Fengtien. troops passed through Chengchow yesterday the Kinhan railway "going south that no trains from Peking or Han: kow arrived at Chengchow. to-day, that telegraphic communication between Hankow and Chengchow is obstructed, and that trains are only} Tanning south as far as Sinyang-chow.—It is.also said that Marshal Wu has retired northwards on Kinhan railway and has established his headquarters at Siaokan, Just south of the Honan border, Apart from these rumours and the fact that recruiting is going on very briskly the Wuhan situation does not seem to touch us very directly in Kaifeng.
The government schools are find. ing it very difficult to open, owing to shortage of funds, The Provineial University postponed its, opening for two weeks, and now! having in sight a fortnight's salary for their teachers, so we are informed, the authorities feel they can venture to open. All the mission schools in Kaifeng have opened, with larger attendances of students than last term, though many students who registered are still unable to leave home owing to obstruction by bandits or the flooded districts. Much of the money these-students pay in when in the form of bank notes is mouldy and damp and show traces of having} been buried, significant of—the troubled times this province is ex-
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