Undoubtedly Good Work Done by Police Patrols in Railway Arca From Our Own Correspondent.
Tsingtao, Mar. 19, I have just completed o round trip between here and Tsinan for tha purpose of investigating. the bandit situation in the former leased territory and can sately, state that excopb for "certain villages not patrolled by. the I, free-lance gangs operate Police, bandits in the—territory, fre conspicuous for their absence, Under the, "present, system of railway police pa long the Kiaochow-Tsinan Railway, and of armed guards in the trains themselves, there can never be a duplication of the Lincheng outrage anywhere between 'Tsing tao and Tsinan, Farmers along the Tine are all' smiler over this abeenco of bandits although from time to time, they have cause for complaining inst the olficiousness of the soldiers, but inasmuch ae everyone acknowledges. the fact that. the soldier the rest of mankind andy thore-much of a human being as
fore, cannot be expected to on for ro remuneration indefinite money. their demands ly, and mrrist of necessity" raise for food and fol, for nothing, made from time, to time, have Between thie, soldiers and' the accepted with good' grace, bandits the farmers undoubtedly Breer the formes forthe reason demands. within limit. whereas ey usually keep thoit the latter used to swoop down sudden as a whirlwind, Kidoapping, pillaging and, not infrequently, "committing wanton illing.
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