'a telegram was received in thi from Lulanchow and relayed Peng-pu, calling for help, as the city was enciteled by bandits, But almost 8 week hag now passed and tole graphic and postal communications fare still uninterrupted, s0 nothing serious has happened." From—the man on the street Iam informed that the soldiers who are in Luianchow, together with the local militia, formerly known as the Red Spears, had made an advance against the bandits who have their Rendquarters in the mountains to the southward, On coming in contact with the bandit outposts the goldiers and militia made a rapid stragetic movement to the rear, hoping to draw them out into the open, where they could contend on more equal terms. They did not idollow, however, and the military did not stop until they were within the city walls, Tt is presumed that they looked back several times en route, hoping to see the enemy following them out into the open. The city fathers took alarm, and telegraphed for succour,
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