Hankow, Sept, 30.
The bandits, who had been interfering with the shipping navigating in the neighbourhood of Batang, were driven away by General Yans Sen's troops. But the majority of the bandits have again appeared at point three or four nautical miles above Ichang. These bandits fire vessels navigating in the vicinity and force them to halt. They demand $600 from a large-sized' vessel and $400 from n small-sized ship.
It appears that almost ali/¢d. vessels comply with their demand.
As the place where the bandits fare stationed is a buffer zone between General Yang Sen's Army and that of General Liu Hsiao-ping, the bandits are free from attack, and steamers sailing in that vicinity are greatly menaced.—Toho.
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