Hoochow, Dec. 1.
Home of the families who fled feom Soochow at the beginning of the are now retarniog, bat a very large cumber of the better bouses in the city are dored, Bosiness continues from bad to worse, There cin be no hope Re There are still many yolaoteers, and these volunteers now realise the stop they are taking. They are giving them-velva to their country alter carefal tbooght, and are not moved by a passing spirit of entbasiaem. In some quarters there in a feeling of depression caused by the the whole th determined spirit to fiebt this war oat to the bitter end. Locally there seems to be the feeling that there is absolutely room for compromise with the Mancha government, and there seems to be even a greater distrust of Yoan Shih-kai than of the Manchas.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.