To-day closes the second month that has been counted in this city as the 4609th year of the Haangti ora, Two months area very short space in such an ora, and one may trying to reckon up the the new movement, Neverthelose, the events of the two months have been so varied and of sach intrinsic interest to Changeba that it may not be too soon to ask, whether th ay after thoughts or regrets jon that the city has taken. A well informed gentleman, who was one of the first foreigners to take ap his residence in told me the other day that he! believed there was quite a general feel ing of regret, and that if anyone could found to make peace with the Imperial Government there woold be geveral 1 I was surprised to icing. hear the opi I did my beat to get som 10 from Chinese sources, ime I failed. Ove or two foolish actions of the new men daring the past week have certainly reesed good deal of andertoned grumbling and more than one is asking what good has been gained, asking in euch a way as to a that there has been loss ow ledge my incredulity at the firet that the Republicass would gain anything like the consenens of agreement that has ea far made their role in Changsha to easy. Of course, I take no acconat of the almost universal display of mite flags. Even now they would disappear more quickly than they spected that the when they ordered people to put up white flags; there woald have been almost as many, if people had teen told to please themselves and had believed such
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