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Show KOREAN BANDITS ATTACKVILLAGES While Conditions in Korea Are Ira-proving, Ira-proving, Japanese Soldiers Still Have Their Hands Full. Four Thousand Korean Police, Under Un-der Japanese Officers, Will bs Enlisted and Trained to Keep Order In the Hermit Kingdom. Seoul. Conditions throughout Korea Ko-rea nro improving. Tho determination determina-tion of Prlnco Ito, tho resident general hero, to suppress tho disorderly elo-mont elo-mont so thnt tho peaceful farming population may prosecute their work in tho outlying districts, whera armed bands nro harrying tho farms nn villages, Is shown by tho prompt arrival of reinforcements of gen-dnrmos gen-dnrmos numbering nbout 5,000, who will bo scnttcrcd throughout Korea. Prlnco Ito has Issued strict instructions instruc-tions to Jnpanoso soldiers nnd civilians civil-ians that they must not treat tho Koreans Ko-reans ns a conquered people, but thnt tho rights of all law ubidlng citizens cit-izens must bo respected, under pen alty of Bovcro punishment. Four Inindrod now telophono nnd tolo-graph tolo-graph offices will bo established In tho districts infested by revolutionists, revolution-ists, so thnt easy communication may bo hnd with tho soldiers nnd police po-lice Tho crop prospect throughout Korea Is excellent. |