From: Our Own. Consesronpeyr, Teingkiangpu, Nov. 24.
Since the return of the "local troops, and the: passing through of many others, conditions here have become: very. unsettled and the state of the people borders on panic.. The] conscription of labour for moving of supplies has been out of all proportion to the need, so far as the method used is concerned, Soldiers go into people's houses, ostensibly' to search for coolies but they beat! the inhabitants, steal they want and take their last'on the street and force keepers to.accept it in exchange for other goods. Their at titude is that their own bodies and wishes are sacred and any" opposition on the part of the people mean death—brutal handling at least. Several days ago, a group of soldiers went into one home to search for coolies. Only one woman was there, with a little child. The child screamed with fright and the nother closed the door. One of soldiers deliberately fired through the door, striking the woman in the shoulder' and tearing it _open. Rapine and looting go along a pace and there seems to be no control.
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