The native papers calls for a tightening of the bonds of military disciple ishment of all village elders who are f und to be acting in collusion with the robbers the carrying out of arrests by the offic themselves; the ce-operation open, especially in secret, of the gentry with the officials; and the country among the towns and villages so as to fix the responsibility for any act of violence that may take place. This last measure was carried out in very thorough fashion by General Fang; but after his death the stones delimiting village territory were in many cases thrown down or removed.
Itis strange, but characteristic of the invertebrate condition of Chinese rule, that a province 80 near the sea, and so long in contact with foreign methods both here and in the Straits, should nood such violent measures to reduce it to order,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.