From one who has just retumed from Kiating I learn that Yang Sen has already evacuated that city with all his troops, variously estimated at from 50,000 to 100,000, This eye-witness saw them pouring out over the pontoon bridge all day and all night, and a day or two later saw them again half way be tween Kiating and Suifu. They seemed to have the appearance of beaten and panicky army, boys many of them, bat their com mander, though sad and discon solate, was atill full of courage and was sticking his men. His defeat is due as usual to treachery, He cannot trust his generals, He aimed high and most believe that hho would have done much for Szechuan, but there were too many others jealous of him. The foreigners of Chengtu had great cou fidence in him, believing that he gould bring peace to Szechuan, "Put not your faith in princes"—nor yet in governors—would seem to be the moral. What will follow his defeat no one can tell, but it Jocks as though it would be confusion worse confounded,
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