Jan. 14.
Many villages west of Kucihusting have been burned by robbers, both Chinese and Mongol.
The yamen, customs-house and many shops and houses were burned at Saratsi. The local magistrate has fled to Kueihuating.
The villages whose houses have been burned are suffering severely from the cold.
Rowdies are joining the robbers and conditions are said to be worse than in 1911.
The officials at Kueihuating have concentrated their troops in the new city and fears are felt for the safety of the business part of the town.
The American and Swedish missionaries at Paoteo, Patse Bolong and Saratsi are in danger.
Kalgan is quiet. Troops are passing through every night on their way west. Special precautions have been taken for the protection of the railway bridges.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.