troops to invade Kiangw via the Tientsin Pukov Railway- âm's troops oecupy Southern Anhwoi. His iden now is to defend Anhwei, Kiangsu und Chakiang. The latest information from Rukion is to the effect that Sun's troops have been driven back as far north as Yemping and that they are now holding the country betwem the mountains and the sea. Thus in effect they constitute no more than an outpost in the defence of Clickiang. They are believed to be loyal and of fair fighting valus. In Chekiang Ban now has about 4,600 troops; in the Shanghai district 2,200 and in the Woosung district 2,000.
Ting denied the possibility of Chang Chung- abang moving on Nanking at the present time. Twice it woman his assistance has been offered and twice
refused by Sun. Bun'a distrust of Chang is complete.
Asked about losses in men and military stores owing to their reverses in Kiangsi, Ting mid the latter did not much matter swing to the large
abortive captures of material made by them after the rebellion in Cheklang. Hada Chao had apparently accumulated
great stores of arus and ammunition and these,
together with the misures recently made ex 3.8."Rickmers*
in Shanghai, far more than compensated for my losses
hitherte mustained. From these sources they moured,
according to Ting, at least 10 million rounds of small
arm mumanition, 85 machine guns, several hundred of
Thompson and Lewis type of guns, a thouwen d. kau mer pistols, and so on. On the other hand, Sm's business
representative