Further information about the occupants of the Central China Tea~ chers College, by the Hong Shan, is that these troops are composed very largely of young students, who are civil and well disciplined' and who have a profound contempt for both bullet and shell, Early this morning at about six o'clock, coolies and refugees. began to pout into the concessions in such numbers thet there was imminent danger of the place being rushed. The sailors from the various gunboats were quickly on the scene and the rush was stopped and order restored. The syren called out the Volunteers and before 7.30 all entrances to the concessions were guarded and barricaded with barb wire or sandbag redoubts. A large detachment of marines with two mobile maxims was stationed at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and a large sandbag redoubt was erected on the Bund Road facing the Customs House and commanding the riverside entrance. Long lines of refugees were squatting on the herbs in the concessions. near the outskirts. Once precautionary measures were well in hand, excite ment quickly subsided and the roads fare now again open.
General Wu is now reported to be }2t Chiao Kow, Hankow. Last night heavy firing was heard some distance up the river from there. 7 is igual that am attack is Five or abe river launches, erased developing from that
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