It is pleasing to report that the sing in Nantao and the Native City was not so intense as was at first supposed. The contin from this district was ing. Soldiers, before entering premises, were wont to fire their the air as a warning to the residents of what would happen to them if they refused to give the soldiers entry. Most. people "chose the wiser course and allowed the Complete decoration reigns in the country over which the contesting armies fought. Hardly a house be found bbe seen in ruins, rome stil Every: house which our correspon" lent entered in the fighting area was a complete wreck inside. The de-Struction- was of the most wanton Early on Tueslay morning it seem:
possible that further fighting would occur. About 1,500 mon belonging to Chang Yuan-ming's forces made a stand in the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, beyond the Route Ghisi, and intimated their refusal te become party to the agreement reached by Chang himself and Chi Hsieh-yuan, They declared that they would stay and fight to the last, a high sounding claim which they failed lamentably. to consolidate. About 1230 p.m. Chi hav. ing been notified of this me cident, deepatshed an army of about machine gunk and field pieces to make a military deinonetration before the Bureau, The, demonstration was unnecessary. Hearing of the Marshal's intentions, the gallant fifteen hundred left thole post and made a dash for the French Concession. At the Route Ghisi bridge they "demonstrated in such a way' that it was deemed advisable to let them through. When they got on this side of the barrier they were promptly disarmed and packed into motor, lorries,—They were then escorted to the Municipal Refuges camp, situated on Ping-tiang Road, Yangtszepoo, and interned. Chi's troops then marched forward once more, and took over the Bureau of Foreign Affa This, then, was the pathetic end of General "Chang Chuan-ming's army. There remain a few hundred fof his men spread over the countryside in small bands, who are earrying on_a reign of terror of their own. Some found their way into Nantao and the Native City, and Chi's soldiers are still on the job [of rounding them up. {Meanwhile the situation in Nan-tuo has been got well in hand by the Chinese Police and the Chinese Defence Force. As already remar! ed, the looting -was not so bad in this district ws at first appear sand the task of the police was' not '0 difficult. character. Goods which were too heey to carry away were either smashed with rifles, or gathered-up into piles and burned:
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