Withdrawal of Troops to the Front Gives Chance Chungking, Mar. 9.
Bandits are extremely active, at resent, in Szechuen and Yunnan Provinces, owing to the departure of large numbers of Chinese troops to the front which otherwise would be engaged in maintaining law and order.
Fifteen people in the outlying'parts Szechuen have been killed. by bandits during the, past month. Government troops are, at present, hunting these brigands.
The roads between Chungking and Chengtu and between Kweiyang and /Yunnanfu are reported to be unsafe Jat present owing to the presence of bandits—Reuter.
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