Trsiolosds of soldiers are hurried thi ly stopping he south night and day. Quite " number of having their camp south of the All available rice, var, are being bought ap, rising. On the station p! pyramids of biscuits lie piled up ready for every train. Several of the regi ts are said to be stationed at the el right on the Hapeh boundary thirty miles (o the South, The Taotai is taking precautions for own and the city's safety. Soldiers are gaarding his yamnéa ax well og the "deity gates. As bach our mission station row from Hangchow Thie will bring the forces of the militia up to about 3,000. Meanwhile the regular trope have been reduced by being sent oat to gnard the places toft vacant by the home-coming militia. They now nam. ber less than 1,000; and they are practislly unprovided with ammunition, The Governor has promised to remedy some of the most pressing cmplsints of the m Hence, for the time being the militia are ready to die for the Gorernor. It is some time since Changsha has bad " Governor who could or would aot with the determins-1o tion snd ekill of Governor Yo, The ron on the government banks has been stopped by proclamations enforced by s large geard of fully armed militia m each book. This hee restored some amount of surface qaieteas. Bat prices of things are notarally aot the same if the payment is to be made in government notes that it in if the bayer can offer coin.
News from various centres la the province at which foreigaere are living indicates a general quietness.
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