Fears, of FreshInvasion: Coal at! Famine Prices and Industries Rendered Idle with Consequent Unemployment "Fro Our Own =Wachang, Nov. 25.
After the fears and rumours of last week, this centre has settled down again to something like its normal calm. - The storm-centre has shifted now to the-north of Honan, where Wu Pei-fu is engaged in esléting the southward progress of Gen. Feng's aide de camp, Gen. Hu Ching-i, who is in command"of the "People's Army." The fighting suid'to be taking place at Feng. lochert'on the Peking-Hankow Railway. But that no serious engag ment has gesurred is shown by the feet that northward-bound trait are still able to proceed Changteh, which is the station nearest on the line to Fengloshen.
The line is still open to passenger trafic, and refugees from Honan, doth rich and poor, are pouring into Hankow. But all goods-traffic is at a standstill, and this is having a serious effect' upon trade, The Hankow merchants are not. abl to eond any of their goods into Honan, and conversely, no supplies from Honan are reaching Hankow.
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