There are some 14 men on "The Black List," and they are Mr. Wang Peh-chun, Brig.-Generals Ho, Hu, Kuh, Swen, Teo, and Chang; Messrs. Fu Ching-p'u and his brother, Chang the late Speaker of the Prov. Ass. Li Yuin-kuh, and several others. They have all either been away from the city for months, or have lately gone away for a change."
Genera] Yuan left Chenyuan on April 13 so is due to arrive here to-morrow. It will be a good thing when he comes along and arranges everything, so that the men now stationed in the city may be distributed throughout the whole of the province. They may be able to "settle" the robbers, and also by having them distributed to the different parts there will not be such a drain on the provisions in any one part.
News from the Tating district states that the farmers there are in an' awful condition. In addition to having no food, they also have no seed, and the soldiers belonging to Brig.-General Swen's division have literally taken away all the available foodstuffs, ete. The poor people in that portion of the province have had more than their share of suffering and trial, and it is not all due to the famine con-Iditions either.
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