Things have been very unsettled throughout the whole district. Northern irregulars occupied shao-wu. Gen. Shu went up to Kienyang and from there sent on troops. A skirmish was fought three days ago, in which one of his majors was wounded and later died of his wounds. A few wounded soldiers came down to the Mission Hospital here. A rough Red Cross hospital was opened a month ago in one of the temples and the C.M.S. doctor attended to 130 or more patients belonging to tha southern army. Now, as the soldiers have gone south, this 1s no longer needed.
some parts of the district, the gathering of an extra good harvest has been seriously delayed by the panic in which the people have been thrown, and by the fear of pressed labour for the army. It s said now that the invaders of the northwest corner have been Prévailed_upon in some way or other to return to Kiangsi.
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