The level of the Yangtze at Hankow is steadily falling. The river was 14 fect 6 inches lower to-day than it was last year, The s. Kiangho, which was on her way to Ichang from Hankow, Tun aground half-way there, The s. Kwoh has gone to her The postal service has again been disrupted, shops are closed and a nervous iension prevails, while in between the visits of the planes, when trafic in the streets is resumed, poople with bags, baggage and. their wordly possessions are hurrying and scurrying, to imagined safety,
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