on Yangtze Hankow, July 19.
Ships have recently been fired on by field guns in the neighbourhood of Wusueh, Butterfield & Swire's '6. Jardine Matheson's Kungwo have both boet, under fire, but it is reported that they were not hit, The Chinese "Commissioner of Customs at Yochow has arrived at Hankow. He reports that the Customs business at Yochow is now purely nominal and that for the any duos on cargo for be collected at Hankow, ation and stay away a good long while, Serious consideration is being given to the proposal.
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