Telegraphic communication. has been restored between Ichang and Kueichowfu, but it is still interrupted between Wanhsien and Chungking. Navigation on the Upper Yangtze is very irregular.—Reuter.
2nd Army Entirely Collapsed:
An Appeal to Wu Pei-fu The news arriving fi Szechuan Peking, Aug. 21.
indicates that the Second Army has entirely collapsed and its only hope now lies in obtaining outside support. Apparently the prestige of its leaders has also suffered from their proposal to obtain assistance
popular opinion is strongly oppos-from General Wu Pei-fu, ed to the idea of allowiie Mone Szechuanese troops to enter the province.
Following the defeat of his forces, General Yang Sen, Commander of the Second Army, fled to Ichang, whence she is expected to go to Loyang in order to ask General Wu for help. General Sun Chuanfang, meanwhile, is secking means to transport reinforcements upriver and if he succeeds in this the fighting will doubtless be renewed, but the flooding of the river by the recent rains has rendered the navigation of the gorges very difficult and it is doubtful whether his men can arrive in time to be of any use. They are now reported to be at Tengtuhsien.—Reuter. whether British diplomacy towards Manchuria had been determined by the British Government.
He adds that, "if the populace becomes exasperated I will do my best to repress them, but if the British continue to oppress me beyond endurance it may be more than I am able to do." It will not be easy to prevent the millions of people in Manchuria planning 2 boycott, the evils of which ho goes on to explain, It appears that Mr. F. E. Wil-. kinson, the British Consul-General, gave some sort of answer to this tirade but it is not likely that any other notice will be taken of it.—Reuter. prohibited without permission.
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