We were interested to see a picturesque handbill neatly litho Eraphed"in colours which. wab di {fibuted in some of the. occupied treas at the end of August announcing the fall of Hankow. Newspapers of later date indicate that the report war somewhat premature, also the Companying. announcement of the complete defeat of the "Kuominta Srmy" and the destruction of Chan government A. somewhat similar disaster was reported atthe time that Hisuchow fell, when widely [published statements bsverted' that 570,000 Chinese troops had surrender ea, The exactness of the figures was ot_more remarkable than their colossal proportions.
rom an agricultural point of view the season has been somewhat unusual, but on the whole salistactory. Heavy rains fell early in the summer, fand there lits been litle rain of con Sequence since the middle of July, Out cereals are cheap and plentiful much. of the ground. formerly @evoted to cotton fas been planted over in wheat or corn. Now good showers are falling and the farmers wilt be able to put in their wheat.
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