Missions' at Lungchuen and Suikin Wrecked South Kiangsi, July 9.
This district is at present having one of its periodical visits from bandits. Some time ago they made themselves elt in a big centre called Yingehien, near the Honan-'Kuangtong-Kiangsi border, which has been a hunting ground for law-Jess bands for many years. collected a considerable sum of money and promised to visit Shangyuhsien as soon as they had suflday, also the local guards. bandits did not visit that city, but, passing it on the east, went towards Lungehuen, which we hear they entered some days later and burned 'a chapel, and did all the other things which usually mark their visits, Some weeks earlier another batch were reported to have been repulsed from Fukien, and to have done somewhat extensive damage around Suikin, where the mission premises were visited and practically everything was destroyed. One of the men was being pushed in a. perambulator taken from the mission house, and, when passing a pond, machine and man were dropped in, yusement of bystanders, of Sinfeng and Lungnan wen ready for the bandits, 60 they have been left in peace.
'The rainfall in' the south of tha province has been far from suflcient, and neither in the autumn nor the spring was there what-we call enough. Rain is badly needed for the harvest.
Owing to the dearth of rain, we have only had a few visits from the Nanchang launches, so have not had the quick service of the Post Ofice usually associated with high water, As we it paper about the motor roads in all other provinces, we are ashamed that, in the south at least, nothing is done in that line. Travel as it was 100 years ago, exch) 1 few ricshas in the city, which doubtful decoration,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.