The Communist Commissioner arrived in Changsha on March 16 und the next morning came down to take charge of the office. Ile began by calling upon M. Bary to hand over all documents, contents of the safe, ete. BIN. Bary replied that Io was responsi to the head of the Post Office in Peking and Shanghai, Mar. 30.
Regarding the situation at Hankow, a message from the city dated March 29, states that plain clothes soldiers, pickets, and ruffians are everywhere.
AS the Japanese residents have suffered considerable damage, says the message, those residing in the native have decided to shelter the Jay spanese Concession, while there are many Japanese women and children who are evacuating the city by the first steamer available.
The same message further says that the Japanese destroyer Hamakaze has fo ceeded to Hankow from Tayeh in order to escort the steamer—
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Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.