'There' have been several bandits shot just outside the city wall lately—having been caught in the country, and brought to the city officials The southern district is peaceful, Jand free from their activities a present, but in some parts of the northern district they are active, ind_kidnap all who come within their reac)
A little while ago, a band visited jo small country school, and asked j for the school master, who, fortunately, was out. They, therefore, ransacked his house, but found nothing but a butte Worth carrying away "At another time they sent out a spy, who went round some. of the houses to investigate and try to discover whether there. were any inhabitants of the villages round about who had any money. Ho posed as a man passing through, but as he had a pistol in his coat pocket, which showed quite pi the villagers were not deceived, At some houses he demanded food eat, and as they knew he was a robber "spy, with a pistol, they readily conuplied with Mis wishes.
'AIL'the people with any' money at all, "have moved from those villages, and gone into cities, where there is better protection for them.
'AE present the farmers ave busy rotting in the rice crop, which 1s extremely. good, as this part of the Province happily escaped the brunt lof the typhoon this year, and there. fore was preserved from floods, which "so frequently occur here during the summer, Early on Saturday morning a notice was sent out by the educa tional authorities commanding a leessation from lessons that "day, fand that all scholars. prepare for procession, and meeting. in. the in making Paper banners and writing therefore the morning was spent
Jon them in Chinese characters, such slogans as "Down ete, then at 0 from all the schools began to march through the streets of the city, jarmod with the banners, After: wards' a meeting was held, during which excited speeches were. made against Japan, and. the students twere exhorted' todo all in their power to work against Japan, and publish "abroad her "evil 7
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