Soochow, Jan. 9.
Yesterday morning it was reported that the big husinexs section of the city outside the Chang Men had been looted, with the loss of several million dollars, What really' Fhappened was that one rice shop' was looted and a few hundred A work of greatest interest during the past month has been the building of a new wide road from the south ate of the city through the suburb outside to the C. M, M. Hospital. Gen, Ho, who was very ill this entumn and was eared for in the hospital, provided the most of the funds for the road Dr. Dano, of th hospital has been superintending construction, There is a large grave yard near at hand with many cld Ming tombs. These have been appropriated and the stone maker fine road material. One would hardly recognise this grave yard now and very little has been said by the people. Gradually some of th reverence for these old graveyards will pass away, It will provide with a good dry street, dollars is missing.
The country still continues to be Hundreds are fleeing to Shanghai, quiet. One can travel in compara-refugees departing in almost as hi, tive safety in any direction unless embers ax in September. he belongs to the wealthy class. Our Tt toms to be true' that last] Kueichow General, Pen, left for ent quite a number of troops were Chungking two or three weeks ago moved to the edge of the Tai Wu and his soldiers are gradually de-Lake to defend Soochow from Che. parting. They say that he has been kiang. ting may break out made the Civil Governor of Ku north of Wusih, when the Soochow, troops have dug in. The general We will be very glad to be rid of opinion seems to be that the cone lot of these soldiers, for during Soochow troops are too few to with the past year we have had bath stand attacks (whether bullets or Szechuan and Kweichow troops here and the feeling between them has dollars!) from both Chekiang and not been of the best. We have now Nanking.
Later: had one full year without " change in our garrison commanders and T have just learned at the there has been no sign of trouble, jway-station that about 1,200 troops for which we are very thankful, were brought back to Soochow from The people here are much incensed Wusih last night. The remaining at the way some of the steamers 1,200 will soon be brought. back. treut their passengers, when digem-Ik is said now that peace will be barking. These steamers just seem restored. to think of time and nothing at all fof the safety of their passens One steamer about three weeks ago OSTROUMOFF RELEASED, hud 14 pawengers for here. One small boat had reached the steamer when she started on down river and Tuan's Prerogative in no other boat was able to reach ker. Three or four of the passen-Second Amnesty ers got into this one boat and the Peking, Jan. 10. remainder were carried past the city. When they were several miles Telegrams from Harbin state that! below the city the captain called a second New Year amnesty applies little fishing boat which was far too Prof. Ostroumoff and other off-wall to receive these passengers. Tt capsized and drowned at The latest news previously receiv-Toast two people and sent. to. the Jed in Peking was to the effect that bottom of the river several thousand Prof. Oscroumoff and his colleagues dollars worth of moving picture "were to undergo an investigation, films. One hears that this boat had Jand it was assumed that the inquiry. to pay up in Wanhsien and one failed to reveal any serious offence.
Lopes that she did. We further Marshal Tuan therefore resolved to exercise his prerogative {rust that the Customs will pass a regulation that these steamers and set them free.—Reuter's Pacific Service. the the donward round to allow their passengers to Jan. 11. alight and that both on the up and A later report from Harbin states [that the judge of the District Court, down trips they wil stop, the ships and give passengers a chance Jannounced that the amnesty applies teach the shore in safety, to Prof. Ostroumoff, General Gon-atti and Mr. Michailoviteh, bat that the men will not be freed until official instructions have been received from the Ministry of Justice, probably in a few days—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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