I returned last night from a 16 days' trip to some of the surrounding towns and cities, I had planned to stay 10 days longer, but owing to the presence of bandits in some of the districts it was practically impossible to visit some of the cities, Almost daily there ie a -report of some outrage committed by these armed bandits. Lhe rue is to enter a village and demand money. If the money is not produced immediately the inhabitants are killed. [f the inhabitants have re-cived warning and have run away their village is burned to the ground. The soldiers in the district are doing absolutely nothing to try to stop these outrages. They live inside the city walls and their officers very frequently are former bandit chiefs. Very likely they are still in close touch with the bandits and share their rich loot. When the present politico' issue has been derided the defeate] troops - will doubtless be-ome a new. harvest of bandits in this unfortunate province.
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