Nanking, Nov. 20.
In a steady downpour the evacuation of the Chinese Government was almost completed to-day.
Offices and factories are now being stripped of all valuable equipment Hospital furniture, lathes and all kinds of machinery are being moved If the city is taken it will be an empty shell.
There is absolutely no sign of civil disorder or impending collapse. The general opinion among the Chinese is elute determination to carry on resistance, and feeling against capitulation is very strong. Any attempt on the part of the Chinese Government to accept oppressive peace terms at present would probably result in the breaking up of the Central Government into two factions— those for and those against peace.
But how far the decentralization of the Governments offices, in consequence of their removal from Nanking, will affect their authority remains to be seen.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.