The return of women and children would be injudicious at present for there if no certainty that a fresh incident may not arise any day, and it is that under-current of apprehension in men's minds that one recognizes and feels present in Hankow to-day. The strain that has been felt there since last year can hardly be exaggerated. Though it is much relieved nowadays, the constant movement of large bodies of people waving flags and holding daily their "peaceful" processions and demonstrations keeps everyone in a keyed-up state of strain, Houses some way out occupied by women and children would be serious embarrassment as they be cut off in the event of a bocce, and no means a succour them. The community
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