At Wuchow itself, one was glad to see that great improvements are being carried out, and there were evidences that money was being ex-Pended, and the people kept at work. Evidenily there is some considerable confidence in the' present rulers, for there are many new buildings, mostly shops of improved appearance, and enlarged capacity, being built in several parts of the town, and this briskness in building, and not Government buildings, one may safely assume, uncertainty, busi ness men will not launch out either in building new shops or private houses. On several occasions, I asked representative citizens, what they thought of the new order things. The reply was generally the same. "Oh, tre Republic is good, and we are glad that things have come to the pass) they have. But after all, what does) it matter to ust We want to be allowed to go along our own way, find rice to eat, get business to do, and make a little money for our wives and children."
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On the other hand, evidence is not wanting that in the districts separated from the main thoroughfares, little has yet been done,|" though something hae been attempted, to bring order out of chaos, and safety out of danger. The district istrate of the Lobhsien, in which there are three divisions that are badly under the hand of the lawless, on the fifth of the month! called together ax many representative men of his district as cared to come, and the response was unex: pected. Large numbers of thoughtful people, among them many teachers, responded, and the magistrate discussed with them the measures best adapted to the welfare of the people under his charge The unanimous opinion was that some special effort must be made to get rid of the robbers. A letter before us from another section of the interior of the province seems to prove that in the districts referred to much remains to be done ere there is anything that can be called Government. Over this inland district there has been no magistrate appointed since last October, and it is easy to believe that not lasa than 5,000 persons have been killed. The clans are up in arms against one another, this is to say, each side has transformed itself into a bend of robbers, and has given up honest work and decided that it is easier to live by pillage and bloodshed, and take the risk of a bullet or a spear thrust than by honest Whi this unsettled condition, marriages and business are at a standstill. It is known that families always marry into a neighbouring clan, and so, apart from the roused passions of
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