Fnom Our OWN ConnesronenT, Huaiking, Ho., Dee, 22.
Communications have again been seriously interrupted owing to the of the 'The first troops to pass through this city "came from Shensi and Shansi, They were fairly well equipped, were rationed, and did not' prove a burden to the populace. On their retreat from Changehfu, some of Wu Pei-{u's troops were' offered $50 by the hsien oficial to. surrender their arms and uniform. When it came to getting the cash, they were, of Jcourse, put off with §8 or $10. This was hardly good enough, so soldiers who came here afterwards were unwilling to give up their arms and demanded food and money, In the ease of two units these requests were granted.
On the appearance later of 800 of Wu Pei-fu's men who said they would loot if they did not get $10,- 000, the city gates were shut against them. Gen. Hu Chung-yi was appealed to for help, after which a new hsien oficial arrived and stated ed the ears of the defeated band without the walls these worthies at once took to their heels, 'They found a friend in the Menghsien offi cial, who procured boats for them and' several thousands dollars to help them across the Yellow River to, Loyang.
The new hsien official here hai sdecessor. It is latter raised $200,000 to help Wu i-fu, though he has receipts to show that the money was paid over. Tt does not look if he will get out of prison until hi jean procure the money for the man now in office. Ax a matter of fact, all taxes collected for the first half of the year were allocated to Marshal Wu's war chest. fare agitating for this levy to be rendered, Merchants have greatly suffered during these weeks of unrest. For many days through constant fear of looting they kept their shops closed. The usual autumn fairs have been called off. Communications being interrupted the transport of various commodities has been rendered im= possible. Although coal is abundant in this district the people have suffered from a coal famine and prices have more than doubled in some cases for soft coal. This was the result of soldiers demanding the services of coolies and carts wher ever they appeared on the road
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