At the latter the unmanageable crowd came to a halt, for the French authorities had closed the entrances to their aren and the Annamese guards stood at their posts. The! Bund was left open to the ex-German Concession, but the streets Heading into the French area wore practically closed. Those who could show that they wore entitled to en-for got through the barricades, ant of course u few others also. got. through, but the majority had to bargain with the coolies ani mafoos to turn back, and it was interesting that they made no attempt stop in the ex-Coneessions but went hack to their homies Meanwhile, more news was forth: comin I Hsia Wei had sent: in his submission tv Gen, Chianie sok, hut his troops moved in ly. fashion un the leadership Min, iui towards This town is about thirty miles from Hankow if one cute cross country to Tati 1 then! to Hanchuan, The route by the ie much longer, owing to the Tong bends. To facilitate thie retreat, pontoon bridges already' been thrown across the Han at points and go far no news has come of any episodes on the way. How a Tittle county town can house and feed an army is a question, and much suffering will result for the:
Yeh Chi also had disappear. il, Ieavinge two of his subordinates to' negotiate with the represent tives of Nanking. Various sto ate in circulation as to the understanding between these troops and inking, and it is somewhat sig ficant that already they have been entrusted with the duty of gar-risening Hanyang, where the. penal Ties. As they withdrew from Lil ing troops, led by long Ting-wen, moved in 40 the camps there, and' a eneral advance from Yanglo on the river and Tuangpet on the railway: eon arleneed,
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