Show TROOPS S CLASH WITH BANDITS CHINESE BRIGANDS BRi rANDS REPORTED TED TO HAVE MOVED FURTHER INTO MOUNTAINS fear expressed several detachments detachment of government troops about to join with the outlaws shanghai anxiety over the foreign captives held beld la in the shantung hills by chinese bandits was heightened thursday when word reached from Tsao chwang of n R clash between troops of the chinese government and members ot of the outlaw band A deatch ment of bandits attempting to loin join tile main hody body at the mountain stronghold was said to have been driven back after a sharp fight with the soldiers this incident it Is feared may add fuel to the shouldering ine ing vindictiveness ot of yie the bandits who already are described in an unconfirmed report to have hurled three chinese captives over a precipice to ther benth as a warning to the authorities the brigands brigande bri gands repeatedly peat edly have threatened to kill all their prisoners it if the troops infesting their hills were not withdrawn ith drawn and the bandits in accord with the terms drafted by their chieftain granted immunity and enrolled in the national army further novices from Tsoa chwan g confirmed the report that the bandits had moved their captives farther back into the mountain wilderness troops had not withdrawn thursday but remained surrounding the territory oc coupled by the bandits tind communication with the captives was becoming increasingly difficult |