From local authentic sources of information it would appear that the figures given out by Mr. Hsiung Ping-chi, Civil Governor of Shantung, regarding the fact that £,000 bandits had keen enrolled, is distinctly erroneous, since according to repeated statements made by the Military there are not more than 2,000 bandits operating with Paotzeku as a base.
For the past week six secretaries have been enrolling members of the bandit clans in the army and it is believed that slightly more than half that number have thus far been accepted og soldiers.
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