Who is who? Who WILL be who? Who CAN BE wie? a The questions that millions of S2=- Chuanese and five or six hundred thousand Chéngtuites are asking. The Provincial ship of state has encountered another devastating storm. port would be entered. resources of the province would be turned into channels of reform.
The No. 1 Pilot Alas, suddenly three terrific waves struck the ship. The first carried off the No. 1 pilot, General Wang, and with him went the flower of the army. Out-generaled, they say, by the combined forces of the allies. The second, struck terror into the heart of No. 2 pilot, also a Wang, and carried him into the bosom of the allie 'The third apparently caused ship to founder, when the captain Sent out a 8.0.8, to his followers, to evacuate Chengtu, carry off what they could, and' destroy the arsenal, He' who was looked upon 4 few weeks ago as the hope of Srechuan, the strong man of the province, is now a fugitive. The cities around Chengtu and' those to the east and south which Yang Sen fought so hard to win, are now going over to the allies without a struggle,
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