Once inside the city signs of the recent upheaval were evident. The roads were fall of soldiers, and strewn with the red facings of uniforms and in ome cases khaki clothes lay on the road for any one to take away. The insurgents are all wearing their black winter uniforms, with the old facings and oroamenta torn off and white bands round their sleeves. Their general demeanour reminded me of the Swies oldiers whom I saw many years ago. Whilst discipline seemed perfect, there was no smartness sbout their actions and nothing to distinguish privates from officers, so far as I could see. They wore sll friendly and ready for a chat.
ter visiting our premises we made our way to the Provincial Assembly to obtain an The parade ground in fron} assembly ball was fall of soldiers and some regraita were being drilled. We hear 6,000 be hall itself a sitting, apparently awaiting to try avy caser brought in by the soldiers, for no longer are the military allowed to execute sam-marily, bat all looters aod others are brought before the Court. Its decisions, however, sre severe and some twenty or more Manchus were executed this morning.
ORWRRAL LI AND HEADQUARTERS, After some delay we saw General Li. He speaks English fluently, and although he was unable help os in oer Often, he offered us a guard which we.
nest to get our letters from the Post The entrance and passages of assembly hall were filled with soldiers and one could go in without permission.
Clerks were busy writing out notices and proclamations and in one room the soldiers were hurriedly eating. General Li himself was dressed in long silk gown, but all others in his room were in uniform.
Flags were displayed with the legend Hein Han Mich Wan.
The (dynasty). Extermivate Wounded men are being taken to the hospitals in the city MacWillie and Dr. Patterson arg looking after them. Three or four European missionaries till remain in the city, bnt all ladies and children have gone to Hankow.
Shops were doing business in ths streets we passed through and no one seemed to be afraid of what was happening. One has to get back to Hankow to be enlivened with ramours, Of course if the troops from Peking ever get here there will be " battle, but it is at any rate very doubtful if that will happen, A revolutionary defeat in the North would change the situation here. "At present the desire amongst non-combatants is that the revolution may succeed, ere is not, perhaps, much One soldier told us he wag ox-policeman and had entered th,
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