the Bandits, The extraordinary condition of this country under bandit, and other, misrule is brought home with more than usual force by the facts surrounding the capture and final release of the two ladies of the China Inland Mission, Miss Sharp and Miss Darroch, who regained their freedom a fortnight ago after a series of remarkable adventures. They were in the hands of the brigands for 35 days.
How their release was obtained was related yesterday to 'a representative of the "North-China Daily News," by Mr. F. S. Joyce, travelling superintendent of the China Inland Mission. The bandit leader, Fan, apparently had command of a force of some 2,800 men, a good proportion of them rough, tur-bu lent fighting men, and the remainder of small account. They seem to have had with them an immense train of Chinese captives, numbering about 3,000.
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