The local robbers did not seem £0 active after the harvest, but we hear now of attempts being made to stop the motor buses on the main road. Some have been fired at. Last week the Roman Catholic "Bishop Shensi was carried off by bandits while travelling from Chowchih to ianfu, He was released after one night's captivity and the priest ace companying him, for whom they aske fed a ransom of $10,000, managed to escape. Perhaps the incident shows: the gentleness of the Shensi bandit Jcompared with those in other places, The Government is levying taxes with a heavy hand and poor people ave compelled to pay or forfeit their land. No wonder that the people feel that the Buddhist maxim is tru and that the world is a sea of bite torness without a shore. One thing for which we are thankful is that the road is still open through, Shansi and mail and parcels coma regularly via Taiyuanfu,
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