Bandits have been active in some parts of the province, especially in Tyang (N.E. Kinngsi), Yuanchow (west), and' Wanan (south.) In Wanan it is reported that some hundreds of farmers were killed, and much looting, kidnapping, ete. carried out, in both city and th country near, Many of the local business men there, following the advice of the officials, trekked to Kanchow, some 60 miles south.
Launches from Nanchang are now, again, running to the lake ports, and south, up the Kan River, to Changsha.
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