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THE BANDITS' PRISONERS. NEARLY A MONTH IN CAPTIVITY. The following extracts are maile from Northern, papers: --
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pulation. It is that it cannot be more than a mustion, islands, for they depot on the density of a few days, but that has been the tale and civilisation of since we resumed touch with our friendly clear. however, that Wern Java and I am sure you will do all you can to keep the central area of Moluccas are mthed by a high seisfe frequency, that fever heat. public interest, 1941
The figures are conside for a country scantily populated New Guinea, and MISERIES OF LIFE ON PAOTZEKU,
The speint correspondeat of the J.-6. [that a large districtncluding Eastern Durly News in a telegram from TsaoSumatra and all race, except the Eastern portion, is fest, free frogu varth. chung, dated May 24th said:---
German quakes. More exaults are given by In a letter to Mr. Hodde, a engineer resident here. Father Butes, thy the records of saifgrapbs at Batavin. Catholic priest who has visited the bandit Malabar, Manilaidney (Riverview), camp, mentions thy bandits surprise that and Zikawei.
As a general rf, the epicentres are nothing further has been done, Che of the priests servants went up to the camp situated on the gly sloping sides of s, though a few of and he was told by the chief to ask why deep craic The map reveals the no were proposals had been made.
(1) Father Bues replied that if the bandits" presence of foegions in which great would riense Mr. Musso that he old carhquakes urate. These are:
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NEWS KEPT FROM BANDITS. Another request the bandits lave made, through e Relief Party's coulies, as well.motintais va I believe, as through Father Bues, is that newspapers should be sent up to Paotzeka. Up to a day or two ago copies of the various papers were sent up, but nine trough the news has been of rather a depressing to the wl from the ercarpments of nature, it was though; adest in Indicean near the Sunda Stra send them. So that the captives should few ori more than
a Islands are connected with not be entirely without reading matter. from that. The great earthquakes the foreigu news service was cut out and of the flops and especially with the all the amusing sub the north of islandl of sent up. Sugrther with
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Amatra during the thirteen - years
Letters received from Padzek yester 1 out of 659 earthquakes of day make no mention of other captivesusities had inland epicentres; being sent to the top of the mountain.
All express the hope that wezse will
a Bow of T4 earthquakez. In ta the distribution of the spicent.es harkab'y regular. For the most part not be delayed much longer and refere lie along is great fracture which
to the summit of the mountain describof it is very insanitary.
Jeses the Barisan mountain rauge end to end of the island and along
Mr. Solomon mentions that the bandit to c merie igitudinal say that the Chinese officia's have befler, In Java the distrilation is less lying to the foreigners.
mple Vioca earthquakes occur on the Major Pinger gives more detailed fpes of some volcanes, in the west of counts of the summit of Patzeko.
e stand, especially Mount Gede and says he is unable to give the heighoud: Terimal. The earthquakes are, samtain, but every morning they however, le,tmic and not volanie. in. the clouds and the fog far below and the other peaks in the district ing out above.
deed, at the times of severe car.hquakes, the activity of the volcanoes is either slight or aftogether absen. Mount Gede alone showed konne trace of activity during the earthquakes of 1:35 and 16:0,
The top of the mountain is abo acres in extent, and all around of trenches with dugouts, Emi a Je of trenches with dugouts, srennd line guarding the centre pable earthquake zones are the seismic
Ten waler suply is containedf00 tanks, each capable of storing all of galiens, while there are also aux fars which are uncovered when The food, mostly beat enke flour, is in a large building.de sufficient to withstand a long
tting necessity arose.
The unly entrance or mesin he in the top. is by a stairamality. rock, and this is guarded by
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In strong contrast with these remark
A large districts of the archipelago. region, belonging to the Aviatie cratinent and including Eastern Suinatra, Northern Jasa, all Foruso, exept the eastern dus, with the southern China Sen and the Java Sea, is practically free from earthquakes, The bottom of the Indian Oevan at some distance from land is probably aseismic. The bottom of the Arafura Sel. belonging to the Australian continut, is stable; RO a's is the bed of the Pacific Ocean.
CHINESE PRISONERS AS
The number of Chine half or
The Sen family lives not far from the stimated by Major Ping a 12 scene of the outrage. The father is wid them being children let merely to have died a natural death and was not years old.” Several of py disease murdered in some political row. living skeletons, wastry, Some The boys soon ran though the property rather than by actual year. All in idlenes, and to make my way living of them have been Beare suddited themselves with salt smiggers. are filthy. unspeakaid miscrab They thus became involved with the law- and lists, sitting
Jasopeless underworld and having same family straw beds all day f
standing and education became feaders. had gone.
to help them.
Moi Tsu, the oldest brother, was n The foreigners withe fear of the but are afraid to formal supply leader of the most violent and guard rating low of the danger hesitated to commit murder, but he ruth- pulous
Ordinarily robbers: of food, and als
lessly slaughtered his victims.
character.
unseri
of catching diseadh sent up, they
When the throng occupied by THE ONLY POSSIBLE ARGUMENT, were placed testy to the chief
Chiness prisonerre dugout
Last
Summer ¿ band of County
enabled them that hy he Chinese, colunteers whe "protected" themselves which was dugout is good. by Boxer" incnatalions caught and The tea allowed to killed him.
and the prit.
The soldiers, always ready for any meriy ream aloud that there is plenty they can claims, cut off his head and hung-
Major Pip, and it is evident the photograph in the city gates near hy of soft soil formerly inhabited where it is still exposed. the the mated a farm.
The third brother has fed and turned
the mount A VERY SORDID priest. BANDIT LAIN,
The
N-C. whose
tter has reached the from a correspondent
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Mei Yao, the present infamous leader, is preaching a kind of Bolshevism and will do anything, however cruel, for his own aggrandisement.
uld have a few facts The pitiful sufferings of the whole The Robin Hood, Sen Mei. countryside cry out to heaven for relief. about the band of kidnappers O account of this mao's training there Let us take off his greens but one argument that will appeal to hearing at a sordid disreput lim, and that is the noose for him and
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