Another man living in the coun-north of Zungcheng told us that over 20 persons, men, wom and children who had been ki napped from their homes had be able to escape and return home as brigands were having their time fully occupied defending themselves. It seemed to be the idea that the regulars were going to let the locals do the fighting until the brigands' ammuni 3's used up and then they could go in and make fan easier cleaning up. A very good fea too, since there is certainly great slackness on the part of the Tecal authorities in allowing these robber bands to get together and terrorize the country the way they do. But it does not need much of 'a prophet to foretell that this part of Honan is not going to continue as a brigands' paradise if General Liu remains in charge for he scow and fully alive to his! responsibility.
Colonel's Kuo's soldiers of this afraid to tackle this question, was seen from their actions agains? robbers south of Kueiteh whea they suffered quite a few casualties but smashed up the bandit organizations in doing it. The old official road from Kueiteh to Zung-cheng forms a very good motor-road and it corta change to go she nee in a few hours instead of the weary jolting of a day and a half in a Peking cart. There has bees more rain in the Zungeheng dis trict than there has been farther west so the autumn crops are more ahead and are looking better.
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