Cholera in the Track of Retreating Troops From Our Own Correspondent Wuchang, July 23.
A foreigner recently returned from a journey round by Tsung Yang and Puchi reports that Chang Chin-yao's troops when passing through these places on the way to Changsha, did little or no looting—probably through fear of the consequences, though the populace had been naturally much alarmed at the presence of these unwanted and unwelcome guests, However they (the troops) have left a memento their visit in the shape of cholera, vhich is now prevalent in that district.
The Canton-Hankow line is now open from Wuchang to the Hupeli-Honan border, peaceful conditions in the southwestern part of the province having been largely restored.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.