Chi Specially Unpopular "Just Now: Food Plentiful and Foreigners Safe Fae Ovn Own ConnesvonusT, Soochow, Jan, 21
The. city ix moving on with its preparations for the celebrations of the New Year. Food seems to be bought in the usual quantities, and during these past 10 days there has been no lack of provisions, for every. day the country people were allowed to bring in boat loads of provisions through the water gates, Ever since last Wednesday at Toast one and gate was opened for a few hours daily, and since Monday morning. all six of the old (the two new gates are not open) city gates are open all day long as usual, Prices on foodstuffs have been held down, wen no Inck, ugh of course foreign supplies are beginning to run n little low, On Monday afternoon Marshal Chi arrived from Wusth, and there was a sigh of relief when he listened to the advice of Soochow, and moved fon down to Quinsun, Back September, October and November he was n most thoroughly hated man all through this. section, but nowt bitter hate against him ix far renter. As a Chinese gentlomai suid to me yesterday, "Why can h not be shot like any other robbe jand this" war thus Binished? Throughout China could we take a straw vote for our most popular eneral or marshal, would anyone of them receive a majority of ones is reported (I cannot yet verity this) that the Sth and 6th Regiments fare on their way to the river, and then to Kinngyin, From a trustworthy Chinese who arrived from Changchow and Wusih, ast night, it ix reported that, the fighting is' north of Changchow. believes thay a rails idgw below Changchow was blow esterday afternoon a member of the Soochow Baptist. Mission Went Wusih by motor-boat to. briny, members of that mission in Wuxi Soochow, The Wusih Baptist motor-boat has been taken, This gentleman reached Wusih about. 9 pam. He telephoned that the fore [ners outside the city had: moved to the Episcopal inside the city. He Iked with them by phone, and earned that. they were alright Outside of Wusih, the suburbs: have been thoroughly moted, The repor was that fighting was going on b tween Wusiht and Changchow. telegram at 10 this mornit the "Wusih "All well."
A Lull Between Jan, 23, There is no news to report; as we have only rumour, and rumours we like the Chinese saying, "Rear fon the wind, und catch the shadows, A man went by wheel half way to Wusih yester but "heard" no sounds of fighting, and found the towns and villages quite peneetul We have about 150" soldiers, the otice, speck teers for the protect One wonders how much real protec: tion they would be against a det rd, looting rabble vf 10,000 men. Th city walls are our only real protec tion, and even then the gates may bbe forced. If Chi's men fall. back fon Soochow the suburbs, outside the city, will suffer a great deal, Ax Soochow surrendered to Chis robbe band, the 19th, last week, 80 she Prepared again to surrender to Lu, or Sun, or Wu, or Feng, of to any other noble general or marshal—they are all alike! regularly, now getting Shanghai' papers. and rails that have been en route from. 24 to 36 hours Many are still fleeing to Shanghai by launch. Tp is said that $000 to $1,000 are being paid for a aneeial Tauineh and tow.
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