From Our Own Correspondent.
Chinkiang, Oct. 11.
Whilst the newspapers are full of news. concerning the actions of lawless hands in other parts, we in this section of the country continue to enjoy a season of peace and prosperity. The farmers are busy ploughing their fields and getting them ready for sowing the wheat crop, - and the peasants are hard at work stripping the hillsides of grass and carrying it nome for fuel. Those who take their recreation by hunting are finding sufficient game to encourage them to Keep on, The students in the schools here, both for young men and young women, were making great preparations to hold a monster lantern procession on Republican Day. Alas! now many of them feel that there is not much to boast about since the recent turn of events in Peking. A message came from some one in authority in Shanghai advising them to abandon the display of their patriotism. For the most part they responded; but just an occasional little group ventured forth to show the pretty designs of their lanterns. It was no little disappointment to the students for they love a show, just as much. as their neighbours across the ocean do. In the forenoon of the 10th instant there was a review held of the local police and fire-brigades in the Chamber of Commerce recreation ground. The chief of police was the inspector, and the men made quite a creditable display at dui and gymnastics.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.