Terrible Experience of Missionaries Shut Up Between Peking's Roads Barred by Lines of Troops When Tuan Rides Opposing Armies to Conference now A HONGKONG ComtesronoeNt From Our OwN ComnssroNDeNT, Hongkong, Apr. 23.
Peking, Apr, 22.
After a long interval of silence, A side-issue of the Reorganization news has come through from Nan-Conference was the revival of the nig, the capital of Kuangsi pro-practice of closing the streets to, vines. No boats have left the city and guarding them from, tref for a month and when these letter during the progress to. the just received were written there was of the Chief Executive, Tt was fierce battle raging in and around most annoying to Peking residents, the city. who roundly criticized Marshal Tuan 'A letter dated April 6 says—for his precaution, Most of his "The Yunnanese are shut in the visits were in connexion with proity while Lei and Wong with their posals of disarmament and dis-men are outside, Lum, who has [bandment of superfluous troops, but his troops jast across the river is these were rendered somewhat in sympathy with the Yunnanes ironical when viewed in the light of The battle started last Tuesday ni the military display in the streets Mo. Meng and the next day they accompanying the discussion. rested. Daring the interval the Allowing for the delicious ne: of Yannanese quietly slipped back to the irony, most of the harsh Nanning to take the city and on were not justified, for the Provision-'Thursday the fighting started here al Chief Executive was merely fol-"It is terrible!. The vibration lowing a precedent which, begun by from the machine-gun just outside the Emperors, was maintained by the Mission drug store has smashed Yuan Shih-kai, Feng Kuo-chang and fall the glass windows and also the Hsu Shih-chang. Whenever they fslass of the cases, When a Full ventured abroad, soldiers were al-fame in the fighting in order to /ways turned out to patrol the streets, fallow the combatants to eat, rice' and keep them clear of tr (1) we had to rush in and get th Tsao Kun never stirred from the store cleared of goods, and nail_up Palace, but in all probability he boards to protect the place. The would have taken the same pre-soldiers have a line of heavy stones cautionary measures as the others, across the Toad and from there they Keep up a continual fire directed against the South Gate of the city, while there is a continuous supply after his reassamption of of men waiting to replace others, office consented to attend outside functions, always without any Meals Cut to Minimum feonvenience to the man in the street. However, his case is diffe "At present we have the men's ent from that of any of the other hospital full of wounded. Dr. Kate Presidents. He was a figurehead MeBurny has her hands full and is doing did work, The first pure and simple, but Tuan Chi-jul, Tike the rest of his predecessors, night there was fighting on the other' ido of the hospital, but now they with the exception of Li, leads faction, and uneasy is the head of the Chinese leader of a faction, More-is beginning to bear the marks over, the state of Chine political does not admit of democratic war, and also your flat, as well the women's hospital, but 90 far' joomings and goings on the part of we are all safe and well. the occupant of the highes office in "The foundling home children are very good. They have to camp under their house day and night, and this may continue two or three 3 their offices, weeks yet. We have crowds of most of us if we were in the same people taking refuge in the com~ position. In some other countries, pound—every corner is used. T sai ij the head of th tate is at the mercy they must bring their own food, but even now I don't know how we shall hold out with our supply of n We have cut down meals to th minim "So far most of the fighting has been-at night, but now it is terrible noon. As I write a fearful battle is going on down by the Customs bund... Now there is hard fighting from across the river to the steps below the hospital where the coolies go to carry water. So many boats are moored by the Customs bund, their owners thinking they would be safe there, but} they are suffering too. A girl from boat has just been brought in with her cheek and tongue shot right through.
"We have to send the gardener down the well each day to dig a Tittle deeper while three of the men make a rush down to the river when the fighting ceases for a while. So with this and what we can get from the almost empty well manage to carry on. Baking bread has been out of the question for some days. I am living on red rice! fand doing finely!
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