Tchang is concerned with the. rumour that Yang Sen's troops are! to arrive here for down river to there is to be a large number to follow remains to be seen. Our main concern here is that they do! Met delay in their progress but pass on and leave Ichang in the quietness! that has been our lot over since the! trouble down river started.
The ships plying between here and Hankow are still being fired on and native passenger traffic is practically stopped, but the ships, much to the jeredit of their officers, keep running fairly regularly, and a good deal of cargo is moving.
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