The people are supposed to be ignorant of what is happening in other parts of the province, but travellers are—_ bringing all the information needed. Anshun, a large city three days west of Kweiyang, has been in the hands* of robbers for nearly two weeks, and the soldiers have, had them shut in since April 1.
It is rumoured that the foreign residents have been endeavouring to mediate between the combat ants, but the result of the negotiations is not *8t published.
Further north, #4) Gen. Swen has been fightii 'e¢tband of men supposed to be under Colonel or Major, I-Hsiao-lan. The latter were defeated, but we learn that the men were really robbers under their leader Lo Chen-tang, and not Mr. T's soldiers at all. On the Tungjen side, Brig. Gen. Teo and his men "left the city without looking,'' because the merchants paid them the sum of $40,000. Soon after their departure the other soldiers began to arrive and they were not backward in putting in a claim for funds.
In this city the people are in a bad way. The wildest rumours abound, and the people look anxious and worried. Efforts have been made by the Provincial Assembly, by foreigners, and others to persuade the contending parties not to fight, but up to the time of writing there has been no success in that direction.
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