I learned yesterday that in consequence the capture of the two leaders of the Boxers at Kucit&fu special wei yuen have been appointed from K'aifengfu to all pices where foreigners are resident. Their business is to find out whether or not
uprising. So far as this immediate district the "Tatag Hui" is preparing for another is concerned, there are a few ineicbers of the "<Tatao Hui" scattered about, but not in sufficient numbers to cause"any serious trouble.
The Prospects of Harvest are good, and this in itself is suflicien' guarantee for the present. Should these prospects be realised, there will be still less likelihood of this movement gaining any foothold. The people on the whole seem more friendly than Lofore 1900, and from enquiries I find there is practically no "*yao-yen " (rumours).
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