zone there is a camp of Chinese soldiers Just beyond the boundary of the neutral under the-command of a General T'ang. "AS seems to' happen frequently in Chinese 'camps;" some soldiers recently -broke out, being armed, and made a raid on a wealthy family in the neighbourhood, killing a woman, it is said, as a detail in the enterprise. ' The civil authorities at Ninghai 'BRI FR ILI brought the matter to the notice of the military authorities, who, of course, were strenuous in denial that their men could have acted in such fashion. However, the evidence was too strong to be resisted. The men, or some of them, deserted, for it is' reported that one had his' leg broken in the retreat, and to this accident discovery is credited, and fled to Weihaiwei where some of them sought enlistment in the Ist Chinese.
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