Not Deliverers But a Curse to the City: Looting to Secure Money The following details of the condition of affairs at Yangchow, nor. them Kiangsu, have been received the local office of one of the Missions carrying on an extensive work in China. It shows that the Nanking proclamation published in our columns of June 17 in which the evacuation and protection of Mission property were promised, not being carried out in that patti cular city.
The number of troops being concentrated at Yangchow is rather increasing than diminishing. There will be about 20,000 stationed there, and most of them have, already come. There are many raw troops among them, kept there nominally for training, actually for stance. Even among the older troops the desolation is very great. They have been unpaid for months, ind are reduced to the greatest straits for existence. They do not ud sell for a few coppers on the street anything that comes in their way. A hinge from a door, a pane of glass' or piece of plank that will bring a few coppers are among their resources. There are said to be many desertions, and some soldiers cil their own clothing and deeaiup. 'When some pay is distributed, it is partly it the form of military hotes, 'The notes that were issued by. the Northern Army are now repudiated. by the Southerners, and' new ones issued in their place, The Southerners were at first welcomed as deliverers; bat have made themselves deeply unpopular. This is mainly for the reason that they Ihave been ruthless in settling themselves on the people as they pleased, At the city gates, maps were posted showing the position of the quarters allocated to each brigade. But these arrangements have been generally ignored. The soldiers have quartered themselves wit ere they Ihave liked and many have taken their quarters in private bouses, No orders, military or municipal, obey. are respected unless they choose to
Mahan' School'in Ruins Mahan School compound is head quarters for the military, She Steven! thocpend" Zope Chee: The property is practically reduced: to ruins. Much of it was wanton destruction, For instance, the church organ has been picked to pieces, and some of the parts given to children as playthings. The furniture has been used for feel where it could not be stolen and sold. The iron standards of school desks have been sold. Both of the iron safes in the office have been broken open, and the contents destroyed. Al school records, that were in the office, have been destroyed.
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