In the light of the past evacuation, one must feel that this is going to cause untold hardship to many poor people, even as that one did. Now there are no good roads nor trains to take the crowds away. Then the Hunan-Kweichow Railway ran trains to the end of their line and took thousands away, as well as those connected with the army and government could go by bus. The roads to Paoching and Hengchow are not wholly dug up yet but are in such a condition that a few days will make them impassable. Walking and sedan chairs in limited numbers, are the only means of locomotion, but that means great suffering for numberless old and sick people.
After the fall of Nanchang, a proclamation was issued, advising that goods and property should be removed, and that has gone on gradually for almost a month. Since many have returned who went away a month ago, and also since new people have come in, merchants stuffs have arrived. This process has seemingly been accelerated again by the latest word from the Provincia!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.