having been taken by the rebels here Nearly all the cities
been retaken by the Goveroment. Yachow, in which Mrs. and Mr. Openshaw of the A.B.M.U. beet shat up for two months, has been retaken and a telegram to Dr. Morse of the same mission says they are safe, The Rev. W. E, Manly and three Indies of the M. E. Mission in Tzechow report all quiet, bat they have at last consented to leave and come to Chungking, alter repeated urging by the U.8. Consal to do #0, They will arrive The Rey. J. 0. and Mrs. Curnow, of Suining, reached Changking over a week go. They report all quiet st their station and en routs here.
Beveral parties of the C.M.S. have reached Chungking and heve gone on down river.
Tt we are able to judge, conditions here depend pretty much on how affairs down river. If the Imperial army is victorious, the trouble in Szechuao will soon come to a close and vice verea if the reverse is the esse.
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