What has happened to the other party, said to consist of some thousands of men also, is nat so clear. The general at' present in conimand of the forces at Tsinchow is named Kong. Ho is an Anhui man, and a cousin of the Governor of he province. It seems that the second party of invaders travelled along the little road southern route into Kansu—that through Tsinchow—and have had an encounter with Kong's men. General Kong has but recently been appointed to Tsinchow and ix described as a fiery-tempered man, and it is doubtful if his troops have much confidence him. We are still waiting for news of the result, and yet it seems xeagonable to suppose that the Shensi marauders—ill-disciplined and poorly armed, save for a. few among them—will' be driven _back, and that the tranquility of Kansu is not to be broken for a while.
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