Kashing, Aug. 25.
Of all the rumours about the trouble at Kashan, a walled district it on the Shanghai—Hangchow, Iway about twelve miles from ing and six miles from the Kiangsu border, the following is the most consistent report gathered from reliable persons.
'This' must be said with some reservations, because even Chinese eye-witnesses do not always know all the facts and for sufficient reasons, do not always tell all they know.
It seems that a thousand or more wounded soldiers were sent to Kashan to be treated in_ the hospitals there and to recuperate, Some convalescents found fault with the food served. In' the! altercation that followed, local police interfered,' receiving blows from soldiers to which they replied with afew. shots. Then, it is Yeported that the soldiers unarmed, tried to rush the police headquarters to supply themselves with weapon:
This was about seven oclock at night on August 23. Some one telephoned to Kashing and the night express train from Hangchow due here at 803 pin. vas held up until more than 100 picked men from the special garrison could be assembled. They reached Kashan about 10.80 and promptly surrounded the Cisaffected soldiers who had few if eny firearms. Reports differ as to how many were killed or wounded (some say none) but the ringleaders were arrested and sent to Hangchow for trial. - By noon of August 25, the city was quiet, troops could So far-as can be learned, the tufei operating along the borders of Chekiang and' Kiangsu had connection with the Kashan incident.
It is so casual as to excite no comment, that people of means moving from country districts small towns to larger cities as precaution, The feeling prevails that the Government with existing garrisons of soldiers and specially trained water-police, is able to cope with any ordinary' outbreak. The present difficulty in this section is the scattered Tai-hu pirates who unexpectedly assemble in sufficient force to overwhelm local police in the smaller towns before efficient ca sistance arrives, The skill, cunning, rapidity and success of these raids from time to time make it difficult for the government. to anticipate or follow up to a finish, Te is the desire and hope of the resident, responsible Chinese, that when civil war is ended, the really.
government soldiers will sweep these populous districts clean of kidnappers roving tufei and Tai-hu pirates.
Refreshing showers after intense heat has cooled the atmosphere. The farmers are hoping for autumn weather to gather the few foreigners are returning from summer vacations to open schools about September first,
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