of every official is that he be can do nothing until be has orders from the Governor. He is simply required to "protect," but to arrest men guilty of arson, murder, and robbery in broad daylight, is something which he declines to do. Since the battle in the Pingyuan district in October last, there has been hardly a single man arrested in seven counties. And yet the number of families who have been looted numbers many hundred. Only a few days since in the district of Ch'ingho. Chili, 2 Roman Cathlolic's compound was attacked, his effects soli off at less than half their value, and the family had to raise Tls. 2,000 to save their buildings and some members of the family. One man, 2 Christian, was killed.
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