Liu Tan-tze, the brigand leader who has been stirring up strife to the north and north-east of Moukden, recently sustained such heary loss at the hands of the Russians, that he decided to try change of air. He has now appeared in the peaceful and undefended district in the south-east of this province, and has occupied seven more or less important towns, including Fenghuangcheng, the Taotai of which has fled to Moukden.
Brigand spies have come as far west as Sinyen, but are unlikely to interfere with the Russians or their railway.
'They prefer in fact to pose as patriots and plunder their unarmed fellow-countrymen—thus, knowingly or unknowingly playing their enemies' game.
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