Soochow, Dec. 29.
Soochow is waiting and wondering what the next political upstart will do. On Christmas Eve, when it became known that Soochow was independent of Nanking, no one seemed in the least excited over matter. Some few families, wi ye the refugee habit, left for Shanghai, but the city as a whi business in the 'This little independent move was simed. at Marshal Chi; but on th other hand, it is said that the people would like' to have Gen. Chu Hai returned to Soochow from Nanking.
No one seems to know the exact amount of the little gift of the 'Soochow merchants, last week, towards the soldiers' pay. Some' put the figure at $25,000. 'This gift is mere request to' these gentlemanly rubbers not to loot.
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