In a recent letter I reported that} General Chin Yun-ao had been welcomed by the good people of this city; a8 the potent: al and, to all intents and. purposes, the actual Tupan of the province. The take was certainly not all on the side of the city fathers and _representatives, who—_interspersed their words of welcome with salutary advice as to what the] province expected in the way of dotter treatment, from one who] was a ten-years resident of the] province. The Tsung Si-ling of the First Allied Army was, assuredly labour under a imilar mistake, for in his reply to the welcoming addresses intimated that this honour was ther more than expected. Further when the chamber of commerce' for the province made haste to provide some $400,000 for the comfort and welfare of the conquering army, its members thought the were not only providing for thei "liberation," but for their future local garrison.
Tt was but a fow days after this welcome to General Chin, and this providing of the very hands cumshaw, that the allied armi were all in Chengchow, and then there followed a great pow-wow of the chiefs, presided over Marshal Wa Pei-fu himself. Then transpired that the Marshal had seemingly already placed a lien on the tupan and that another] the coveted re now informed Vine: the Hupeh commander of the forces, that besieged Hsinxangehow for ong, ix to he the Military Governor} of the Province, Furt to assist in this impression, General Kow and his followers are now in the city, and have taken over the nominal' a though—not the seal of office, ax Governor Yueh' sun felt, when he left us, that ho should' take this with him and personally deliver it to. the' Peki Government: for part of]
force at least passed that Railway's Hopeless State is reported that the Yellow bride wax somewhat ion the way northwards This seems to have been of quence, ax it ix now repaired, and the line is suid to be open tu the north as far as Changtefu. Further the Chengchow advises the pul will he despatched tea ty Hankow. The pi all the rival of these trains, Our ublic Hikewise believe in the regarding the possibility of trains passing over the Lung-Lai eud. lives in_ hope m glad to rey that since the troops warfare, ans, however, that we had but the two deliveries in_over three weeks, Two whole weeks of mail seems to have disappeared: it id, by the Provincial head off here, that this mail was sent round by Peking, when there seemed te be hopes that it might get by Chengchow,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.