Show i NN i S I 1 apy P 1 t tv t L ki i I 1 7 L ft it t ia 1 7 A 1 1 r 1 r 1 I 1 REFUGEES Es W s SEEK e 4 J t alood xit chanad Th anad 1 bobia iffat la in MI nj 0 F proa the north china herald about ar t Kiang mang peb refugees I 1 with their I 1 women i and children who have abandoned their villages mam owing to the floods destruction st ot their cops last have bave receil and prefectures penetrations within the borders at various points by boat and by land wain hiu this particular armei army of af some ome nM passed through the territories of ahto klang prefecture bound tor for the northeast the tidings were at once across ike the wires to gt the nigh high provincial authorities at Soo chow who immediately med lately sent orders to the numerous s ittin barrier stations in Chin chinglang klang and Tang Taug chou chon prefectures to stop kop at all hazards bards tho the further py progress ogress of these refugees and fore force them ahem to remain I 1 where they were and await avail re relief afef supplies from Soo chow but in spite of all orders for th belr prevention even the troops sent by governor kuel could not stop the invasion of the refugees into or changchow Chang Chlan gebou chou territories ri I 1 they simply overrode the sold soldiery lerT who being forbidden to use their farea firearms were easily pushed aside by the mero mere impetus of the unsavory mobs or of ragged men women and children and the mob was soon in full possession sWon of the districts of chin kuel belonging to Chang Change chou hou and I 1 Chang shu of the somehow prefectures respectively it appears that the refugees decided to divide themselves them elves into two bands la in order to relieve the pressure and so as also not to be too severe a drain upon any one district as that would incite the natives to consider the laws of self preservation and arm themselves en masse to fight the refugees whereas at present it la is only good humored passive resistance to the invasion of the Kiang refugees where pity for their distress is 18 also felt by the more fortunate dwellers on the southern banks of the yingtse Yang tse the refugees appear to follow military rules in forming an encampment s 8 sah ah as posting guards etc at various points when they arrive at a district two thirds of the women and children at once spread themselves over the fields and pull up by the routs roots anything planted there at the present time generally vegetables bes beans etc while a strong force of men form a covering party armed generally with clubs and staves shaves the remainder of the women children and men in the meanwhile approach the villages and beg for rice or wheat although in many cases tt it is not begging but actual taking what they can without asking by your leave leate in two hours after the arrival of the refugees at a village they are able to get ga rice and vegetables ad and feed themselves to the full they rarely stay more than tor for ty sight eight hours at any one place moving from village to village and going in a northeasterly Al direction with the intention they declare of app appealing eating personally to the governor at for the wherewithal to tide over the cold weather |