Tokio, Oct. 30.
The Japanese troops still continue their hunt for outlaws in the mountains and forests of Chientao, and scores of the latter have been killed. The. fighting has been fierce and the operations are attended with considerable difficulty. The Japanese casualties have been few.—Reuter.
Seoul, Nov. 3.
Large forces of armed bandits have retired into the inaccessible mountainous regions of Chientao, whence they have been making frequent raids upon Japanese communications, Japanese troops in the Lung-chiang district on the 30th ultimo dispersed an outlaw band, killing 20 of their number, capturing four of the leaders, and burning their headquarters.
There has been much activity on the part of malcontent Koreans, armed with Russian or Japanese rifles, in the Kuangtien district. The leader, Baku Eiko, is organizing bands of assassins, of 50 men each, to send out in all directions.—Reuter.
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