My Suifu correspondent continues:—"The rebels, or outlaws, are gathering together in large, numbers to the south of us, sand of the gentry have suffered much at their hands. The continual change of mandarins here is a menace to peace, and both the British and Fresch residents feel iv is time something was done to stop thie n of the higher officials, who are simply at the expense of the quote my atements in the trus inwardness of would require a long esso on no less than four Hsien utes here in seven mouths!" My eng tu correspondent writ The rebels are active at Shibhant'an, on the Min river, 60 1i southwest of the ex pital. The troops defeated them and killed nine, whose heads now adorn our walls. The anghien rebels or Boxers have left that district yo and to (These places are t" the south of the capital and on the road thence to Chungking). People here (Chengtu) are apprehensive that the Boxer movement may embrace the whole province. The Viceroy and Ma gistrate have issued numerous proclamations ordering the people not to join the Boxers." $0 far my correspondent, an expectant official resident at the Viceregal Court. For my own part I fee) the future depends on the price of rice; if this goes on rising, we have doubtless troublous times ahead this coming winter, for the Viceroy, though well-disposed, appears to lack the energy requisite in so important a post, and times when ever-fresh taxation ixalienating the loyalty of the people and leading them to attribute to the irruption of th: "foreigner" the cause of all their woes. Meanwhile business prospects are not rosy: failures of merchants are unpreceden'ediy numerous, notwithstanding the Magistrate's late proclamation forbidd ug them, which I quoted in a previous letter.
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