Hunan has filled up, with: soldiers during the p&st ten days.or two weeks. Since the retirement. of located all the way from, Ohangaha to Liling. along the railways andj the 35th toward Changteh.. Siangtan fas ut had many ju the it but one thousand wounded and soldiers are to be sent. here, some having already arrived.
Martial law is. very, strigt.-in (Changsha after dusk,. and. communication with the cutie. has broken for days.. No mia ave arrived and there de we me service, all Inunches -having, beea Jcommandeerel to transport soldiers. The trains are running: to: Yochow. bat none through to Wuchang, Some of the soldiers are in bad condition and had.made foreed|- marches all the way from, Anhui to Hankow, from where they returned by boat or train," No: one seems to know what is going on, but Hunan evidently, has. not] joined Nanking, even though General Tang has been eliminated. - No Jone seems to be mourning his re-retirement, though there are rum-fours that he has not left, and atill in Changsha.
Orders have been given that no schools or hospitals that are. running shall be occupied' by soldiers jand no foreign residences, but buildings not used are subject to occupation. Yale in Changsha is {fall of soldiers. and the Bible Institute and the Hunan Union Theological School both are also oc-Jeapied. The city is crowded to its: utmost -to accommodate so many. We hear that there are many des-Jertions and that banditry is on the increase in many places. mains to be seen what the' presence lof so many soldiers in Hunan will to make the situation. better from a business point of view. The Butterfield and Jardine's tugs all have stopped and there is no freight coming or going from the!
at present. view recently tenable and he was hoping twho were here. before caused. great deal of trouble to business Jand took away not a little of the equipment of the Presbyterian' Boys School. They also stole all the personal effects and furniture Jof Mr. A. C. Ownes,. who is home: Jon furlough. The new wounded lerowd are to be located in thet Confucian Temple, and. the local" Jauthorities are being asked for bedding and supplies for them. Three or four have come to the Presbyterian Hospital. One petty officer said that the day after their relat from, Anbal: they traveled and in 2% hours they welled 160
The Kuangtung soldiers under Hsu Keh-chiang and others have been pushing north from Che chow, but everyone seems to thi there will be no Sighting for the Present in Hunan. It also is re-Ported that Chu Bi-teh's sadiers are near the eastern border of the Province, at Pinghsiang. It would fscem that Hunan is trying to mai tain her independence of Nanki and to keep clear of any outside interference, bet mo one can feel sure that the leaders of the armies now in Hunan can come to any agreement as to who shall be the: fielder. Ie is reported that there Jare several candidates. for the place; He Chien seems to be the rivet popular in Hunan, since he is the one who put a stop to the ravages of the Communists, last
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