Two weeks ago the writer report ed that Gen. Ma Vu-ren had receiv edu decided promotion.
Tt seems the my. report was very conserv-He has been made th complete authority ins, The police forces, hsien official appointments,—hsien soldiers, all kin stations are under Tu other words, he has abss-The ing thing is that recruiting of \dditional sol feverishly. A general amnesty for bandits has been declared and hundreds (probably thousands) of them have been taken into Reports as to the total desired vary. but T have be they here ts have two *i and ore lu, over 5.000 men. Six months not more than 7,000 men were actually under arms' in this section. The men do not seem to be under Jeontrol, There are nightly reports of med robberies in the city.
Tram not sure, but it seems to me that, looking back over the files tone would find that about this time yearly we report this section suffering from drought. This is true now, One cannot feel unduly anxious on this score though, as fil of our big famines are due to too much water during the summer months and not too little during the winter. A good rain will however be most thankfully received by all.
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