London, May 21.
"<The locked -doors of the: banks, the empty rice-shops and the deserted river at Hankow," says "othe Times" inthe course of Fender to-day, "'signify a conspicuous]
Other fronts around Hankow remained inactive according to yesterday's despatches and local uneasiness continues. All rice has now been commandeered by the military and rice shops are closed. Troops be-Veved to be the 15th Hupeh Army' were disarmed by the 8th Hunanese troops at Hanyang on May 21, Fighting on Honan Front large number of wounded soldiers have arrived in Hankow from the Honan front confirming an} engagement up north. The Nation. Jalist authorities are taking steps to prevent the movement of Chinese and their luggage into foreign tricts, according to yesterday's reports, About 3,000 troops belonging to the 6th Army arrived at. Kiokiang from the direction of Nanchang. the 19th and crossed over to. the north bank. An additional, 20,000 troops are reported to be between Kichow and Wusueh, hurrying. towards Hankow, but their units and object have not been ascertained.
The following day troops -were reported as continuing their crossing to the north bonk at Kiukiang, and fs experiencing a certain amount of fitieulty on account of insufficient 3 transportation. Indiseriminate firing took place at Kiukiang on May 20. A British steamer found in ts cargo a large quantity of Comrmunistic literature which thawn overboard on its arrival-at At Wuhu all was-reported quiet yesterday. On May 21, however, the residence of the 'A. P. C. manager there was forcibly: broken nto through an upper storey in the evening by the 7th Signal. Section who erected a new wireless station ther As there are very few) soldiers in Wahu and. plenty of other suitable places where wireless "vious decline of the the Bolshevist Bolshevist detent, and-with: the now could be erected, it is considered}
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