The soldiers at Tziching (Ping-yuan) have mutinied and gone off after ransacking and looting the city and market centres. Much opium being stored at Weishang, it was feared the freebooters might aim at ransacking that centre also. Two /ien of soldiers were sent from Tsingchen to protect Weishang but after they left the remaining two Jien at Tsingchen mutinied and strapped up their official before marching him off. Tt is reported here that the soldiers provided themselves with travelling expenses and other things before leaving.
The city of Simwen, one day north of Kueiyang, has also been ransacked and so has the city of Tingfan, 100 li to the south of the capital. News from Chenyuan states that that city has been plundered, but there are no particulars to hand On account of the heavy rains the rivers are in flood and some of the boats going from Panghai to Hungkiang were wrecked on the rapids. It is rumoured that several officers and! soldiers were drowned.
In most parts of the province the crops are looking well and giving promise of a good harvest, but in the Tsunyi district there has been a prolonged drought.
Literature is coming to Kueiyang from various sources and the burden of it is "Boycott Japanese Goods," and "Oppose. the Japanese." Some of it contains a pledge, which is to be' signed by the members of the society. They pledge themselves to unite in opposing Japan, ete.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.