The robbers are still causing a lot of trouble in the different. parts of the province and are making it @ifficult for the merchants to carry on their import and export trades. As a solution of the. problem the government has been enlisting the robbers in the hope of reforming them. However, the robbers are making more trouble than before, for while receiving pay, and being equipped with rifles,' uniforms, ete., from the government, they are carrying on their old manner of life. We are told that so far only one band has been enlisted, but it is hoped the other two bands will be enlisted in the near future.
In addition to the bands of robbers that infest the main roads there are those who rove round the country and attack villages and small cities. On the night of April 8 the market place at Lungki, about 100 li from Huangping, was attacked and looted. Some buildings were smashed about and the residents lost their valuables. The same band seems to have attacked the city of Kaili and succeeded occupying it for a time. The Tai kong Magistrate, and others hearing of an impending attack on their city also, decamped on_ the approach of the robbers. Both cities have since been recaptured by the Government troops, and peace reigns until the next attack, or scare.
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