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Magistrate's Hurried Flight From Our Own Connesronnene Siangtan, Hu., Jan, 24.
The Chinese New Year passed om with a good deal of excitement over the report of a defeat for the Hunan soldiers at the front, The families and soldiers occupying all the mission property left early on Monday morning, Chinese New Year Gay, No authentic news has been received of the extent of the defeat nor the results, but it is reported that Yeh Kai-shan has arrived in Changsha and the three or four armies formerly under General Tang She-tsi are retreating Hengea and Hengchow and' the eastern part of the province at Lie Ting.
The day before the New Year the wounded soldiers quartered: in Confucian Temple surrounded the magistrate's gyamén demanding money. The magistrate slipped out and left, The city is without an official at present. 'There was also another scare on that day. Some written slips were handed out and distributed through the streets demanding money. There was fear of another Communist uprising, and the police, soldiers and local' protection society were very active until it was reported that this was the wounded soldiers again, Bitter Recollections of the Past When one remembers what the wounded soldiers that were sent here after the big Honan battle in the Summer, did to upset the peace and make things hard for everybody in general, there is little wonder that people are afraid of them now. At that time the paper, notes were in circulation and they were depreciated considerably, but these soldiers would stop people any= where and compel them to. change these worthless notes for silver copper at face value, Mails are very slow and papers seem to have stopped coming entire. ly. It is reported that all Shanghai papers have been stopped and burn ed. There are no packages coming through.
The situation seems to be quiet {in spite of the rumours of a great defeat for this side, There are fow soldiers in the city, and it. is ported that the victorious army has ity ndvanee guard within 30-1 of the city.
All mission property is now free of soldiers and the hope is that no more will come to' take the property, again.
Educational Circles: Agitated There in a good deal of agitation educational circles. The sent in several items to the government suggesting the use of the Yale property at Changsha for a unit of the Chongsan Univer ity. This unit is to be the college of letters. This has not passed, Dut the Yale people are expecting to use the property themselves to open a boys' high school next term, The question of mission schools opening seems to be as far away from solution as over, The ban against opening any higher schools seems to have been lifted, for several of the high schools and colleges at Changsha making plans to open next term.
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