The Archive · 1911

The Revolt of Changsha

Oct. 23.

The revelation was successfully and fairly quietly carried out here yesterday morning.

Ca Saturday everything seemed quieter than it had been for the week, Business wax proceeding normally paper money was {reely ciré>~ the conseil of the authorities find it difficult to gnexs any motive for this procedure. A complete closure, one could understand. -[A strict inspection of everyone aad everything that passed in or out, would bbe intelligible, At present there la no pretence of inspection; nor indeed any possibility.

The order to yesterday was Apparently the new authorities hare no need to enforce loyalty. A soldier from the provincial militia arrived with his colonel's card soon after noon to ask if we needed protection, The soldier unself was in plain dress and without ithe white tape or bit of cloth which here s well as Whchang is the rewlationerybadge. He told min that

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