From Our Own Correapondent, Pochow, Anhui, July 13.
Since I wrote last conditions have not improved any and_ the people have to live in daily dread of a regular pandemonium breaking loose at any moment. Some of our evangelists from Rung-cheng have just been in and they report that that city is momentarily in dread of being captured. They reported that north-east of the city, toward Paoansan, a tufei had quarters. Some 2,000 troops came from Nanhsuchow and attacked Siao's band of rob-hers and sexttered them for a while, killing about 100, bat Siao had his forces rallied again in a lew days. He is the man whom heve referred to several times ad the head of the regular troops stationed in Rungcheng city a year ago. He certainly has been busier man as head of robbers than he was of the troops. This port of Anhui troops being in Honan would seem to indicate that the three or four provinces are at last making some effort to cooperate against this robber pest. It does seem a pity that leaders ike Siao cannot be "finished." These evangelists also_reported that about 15 li north west of the city there is a batch of some 20 villages where about 1,000 robbers have possession and raid out from there. Forty li to the south east is another band of 120, just over in Anhui, and half way between here and Rungcheng city is another centre in Rungcheng district. No wonder then that that city is in dread!
I hear that one of Lao Yang-yen's tuan-chang from Liuhsien has secured a car from here to start to-morrow on a round to Hsia, Rungcheng and Kueiteh. He made such a round about: wo weeks ago. I have heard nothing further of the moving of This band to Szechuan and I suppose when they read of the destruction of that regiment as
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