Work of Brigand Hunting for Waste of Civil War From Oce Own ComssroxzEsr, Kueiteh, Ho, April 18.
Although none of the recent fighting in Honan has taken place fin this eastern section, we are nevertheless suffering some evil effects from it. Gen. Kuo, our Military Commissioner, has had to send some of his troops to help in the southwest and this was very unfortunate, for it meant Col. Chao being recalled from the Hsia-Th district where he was doing excelent work fighting the brigands there, who had been having it all their' way during the regime of Wang Wei-wei. Col. Chao had Jdefeated and more or less disperse fed the main body of robbers numbering some 2,000 and was restor-jing something like peace and security, when he was recalled, The place of his troops in Yung-Jeheng and Hsia-Ili has been taken Anhui troops "disbanded" in Anhui and invited into Honan by Hu Chi About 8,000 of these men have come on his invitation Jand now another 2,000 have fol-flowed them without waiting for ug yy [an invitation. They are well behhaved so far, but the local people have to provide for them and see that they lack for nothing, which is hard on a district already suff-Jciently impoverished by so much brigandage. Still, whoever goes short the "soldiers" must be fed Jand no matter whose animals starve death, it will not be theirs, Enlisting Bandits Gen. Hu has lately been trying to enlist as many bandits as possible from the Yucheng and Hsi Th district and doubtless a certain number will come in and be good soldiers until such times as they ere stocked up with ammunition Jagain and also have provided their pals," who do not come in, with Jax much as possible of the same. of Gen, Hu has left post vacant and the way about half way between Kueiteh and Hsuchowfu. 'They are probably not there for the merely. utilitarian work of brigand sui pression and protecting the rai way, so it is naturally supposed that' Gen, Chang intends to use them to grab this province also for himself. Truly Honan vince of sorrows and the end does not seem to be yet.
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