For the fact that many sad and regrettable tragedies were not enacted thanks may have been chiefly due to the continuous rainy weather, which settled down to regular busi ness in a chilling and steady drizzle just at the psycholo Serge excitement was at ita highest, and Continued to keep the spirits of the more fiery patriots in a healthy state of "dampness and discourage altogether the less ardent citizens until. the first wave of popular enthusias had passed and things! somewhat settled down with the! newly appointed nuthovities and the! civil and military police in effective control, At the same time it must be said that those in the Southern advance units 1 maintaining Jorder and officially establishing the new regime in occupied territory gave evidence of some considerable land efficient organization, The mi ary "Department of Civil Adminis tration," which accompanies, every army "of occupation, established headquarters immediately ofter setting foot in the city and plunged straightway into the business of organizing a new local body for administering civil in accordance with the system laid down for municipalities under the leon trol of the Nationalist Army. They immediately appointed Mr. Tsu Yi-tah, a Fokienese citizen of Hangchow,' as provisional civil magistrate, and appointed provisional heads of the various departments, at the same time retain ing certain of the under officials of Hehe previous" administration: in Jadvisory positions, and posters a nouncing to the people what steps: Hhad been anid were to be taken, and calling on all to go about their a {fairs as usual, were put op all over the city.
On the morning of the 20th the Inow officials had already taken up their duties at the various departmental headquarters;—administra-{tive affairs were apparently running quite smoothly, while a newly organized police force, supplemented by military patrols on police duty Iwere posted about the city, and apprehension of further immediate mob violence was quieted, Enter the Reds At the same time on the 20th three were also the first indications that the radical propagandists were individual persons and desses as Jenemies of the people in the form Jof standard slogans such as "Exter-ite the Rotten Gentry"—"Death Chang Chung-chang Sun Chuan-fang"—"Down with Imjperialism" "Chang Tso-ling has committed violence against the ternal security ofthe state by attempting to restore the Manchu Dynasty." Others were appeals to the common people to rise and Jassert their rights- by supporting "Nationalist army," as:—fight for equality"—"Let us all Jfoin the national cause"—"Let us organize farmers associations ani unions of students and labourers, Whoever attacks the liberty of the Jpeople is the enemy of the National Army—our orders are to, destroy jthem"—"It is our determination to avenge our martyred dead" ete, into the dozens. peri running dog of British imperialism fand has obtained ten million dollars from the British government to seal up all Isbour unions in Kiangsu"'
jesus Christ is dead, why not worship something alive such Nationalism!" and "Mission schools fare the breeding places of running dogs of Imperialism."
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