Gen. Feng's Model Brigade From Our Own Correspondent Wuchang, Aug. 4.
Last week there arrived in this centre some 400 men belonging to the Ist Division of Wu Kuang-hsin's troops. They had been sent down to Hankow from Hsinyangchow, a town near the Honan border on the Peking-Hankow line, where the 11th Division is now located. These men (of the Ist Division) had.already been disarmed, ard in Hankow each man received $12, after which the whole lot were sent down river on the China Merchants boat the Kianghsin.
About a fortnight ago I reported that it was rumoured that General Feng Yuhsiang had arrived in Wuchang. This rumour proved to be false as the General only reached the provincial capital on July 3}. His men are upholding the excellent reputation they have borne wherever they have been stationed and the inhabitants of the Wa-Han cities appear to be quite pleased to have them in their midst, while the shopkeepers in the vicinity of their camps do quite a roaring trade supplying their wants.
As is well known, General Feng expects his men to learn some trade so that when they leave the army they may not be dependent on brigandage for their means of subsistence, and soon after his arrival in Wuchang the commander sent Tuchun Wang a_ present of 100! rattan chairs and tables that had been made by his own men. Besides paying calls on the Tuchun and the Civil Governor, General Feng has showed his interest in the spread of Christianity by attending services in various churches in this centre, Tue fan-tan gambling monopoly for Canton and Honan is stated to have been let for $1,300,000 a year. The number of gambling houses will be limited to 100, "in order to reduce expenses, and to make the gambling dens look prosperous."" python was caught by Chinese cor employed on Bukit Kuppoh Division of Devon Estates (Malacca) recently. It measured 21 feet) 6 inches in length and two feet in circumference at the middle. This' is the second of its kind caught on the Division within three months. Shanghai's little water snakes are mere toys in comparison.
Saenes may no longer be carried by the metropolitan police of Tokio, if Mr. Oka, the chief, has his way. When asked why he wished to disarm his policemen of their swords, the chief said the Weapons were practically useless, and that foreigners visiting Japan were likely to carry away the im-Pression that Japan is a militaristic country.
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