Bandits Massacred

Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian Tuchun, discovered that bandits do not make good soldiers, so he butchered them.

One day (a despatch relates) 50 bandit-soldiers were "put on the mat" for insubordination. They expected a "severe reprimand," but it is said, they got a severe dose of lead from the rifles of the regulars.

This frightened the remaining 1,150 bandits. They seized their arms and proceeded to run away. Regular soldiers armed with every conceivable kind of a gun, from a revolver to a howitzer, opened fire on the bandits, who were quick to retaliate. The regulars suffered 50 killed and many wounded, but 750 bandits were killed and most of the barracks blown up.