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EX-LINCHENG CAPTIVES IN
HONGKONG. "
MAJOR ALLEN'S - "PERSONAL EXPERIENCES.
BRITISH INACTIVITY IN EFFORTS FOR RELEASE,'
This is at present staying at the Hang- kma Hotel, a mwali American family of three people, consisting of Major Robert
G--DAILI PRESS,
THE BONGREIG-
DESCRIPTION OF THE BANDITS STRONⱭHOLD.- Major Allen very fully describes the bandits" "stronghold. In the top right baad corner of the manuscript the address of the arritor is shown as To Kon, near Lincheng. Province of
KINDLY, BANDITS.
"About 9 o'clock wa.arrived fugged out, at a miserable Chinese village. These vil lages are all alike a cluster of stone and tud buts shut in behind stone walls. We conducted into one of these hats. The Top of Patriwas full of ameke. The place was so crowded with Chinese that we were led to a on the Hour
We were invited by
were
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1928.
SPORT
LAWN BOWLS.
Saturday's matches remaltel in the fir louding teams in the league securing wilt. Taikoo No 2 defeated Taiko No. 1 with
-Shaatung, China." It is dated May 4th small stable. There some straw was throw comparative ease. The No. 2 team have
100th, and the writer opens his story with following paragraph:
Three Americans are now held captive A. Allen, of the Medical Morps, United by the Shantung bandits on the bars and Stite, Army, his wife, and their twelve-windy, top of this almost inaccesible penk three of the unfortunate year old sou Babbie, who formed part of |
We are
After been
get we had both seed with comfortable now played five and won five and they have alight anilvantago over Kowloom hot tea we stretched our weary bodies and rest. One of us (there were five Docks RC, who end the league with six foreigners in our party) had been walk wins and one defeat to their credit, In in stockinged feet and when their match with Crigengwer they just gur bandit conductor saw his plight he ro moved his own shoes and offered them to managed to win with ten points to the the captive. Unfortunately they were too girl.. The Kowloon Bowling Green the party capture by the Lincheng foreigarrs who were taken from the small, Two hours later, when we resumed!
inted Tientsin-Pukow express on the our flight, this same considerate bandit secured an easy victory over the Civil procured a horse for this shoeless American Service men whilst the Polios had no
Kitle,
and he made my son to
son rile behind difficulty in defeating the Kowbọn him. This is only one instance of witnessed by and showing a kindly and Cricket Club, Scores:- helpful spirit towards prisoners on the part of more than one of the bandits.
at a
Bandits; the story of which has caused a scusation in all parts of the civilised morning of May it's. Two escaped, eight world. Major Allen was held in captivity were pleased-five women, two children; and one Frenchman. The remaining 'for' 25 days, Master Bobbie for four days, and Mrs, Allen was released shortly after even are securely held in fimbo in an capture, in company with Mrs. Piger, ancient temple at the foot of this mou- tuin. This old bandit stronghold look, wife of Major Pinger, Ordnance Depart
distance, like a huge lauf of sugar ment, United States Army: thongh not before passing through the trying ordeal et on the top of a velenic cone. Until our reaches the foot of this precipitous of being pulled out of the train in ber night attire, without who, and being
rock, 200 fent high, it seeins almost im- separated from her husband and her son. possible of ascent, but the bandits have Mrs. Allen anil Mrs. Pinger and Mrs, ent steps in the face of the cliff with handbolds for greurity, so that the ascent Pinger's baby son' were weirnsul—after traversing some little distance from the is not at all diffent. We came up last train over the rough plain. The bandits Saturday. "Why we were thus honoured we can only guess. as the wily ways of the heathen Chinese are hard to fathom, We are held as pawns in their ass with the Chiness Government and the Foreign Powers. Without us they could expert
then found their speed hampered by the wamen. folk, and they left them stranded in the plain. During her husband's cap: tivity Mis. Allen stayed at Tientsin, where she was later joined by her son. There"]
mang
TAIKOO NO. 1 . TAIKOO NO. 2. Played at Tuikoo, No. 2 team winning by 33 points.
TAIKOO NO. S H. Dionen 5. Amery Jus. Sloan
TALKOO NO. 1.
On auri on we trampel through the darkness. At midnight the moon came up and lighted our way. I hold the bridle of the son, and urged the beas, ou to keep un Joha T. Sloan the horse carrying the big Americauan my with the procession. Inter Un Ellicrap we were given a best of stew.in a farm. Young yard And after we hul slept we were W. Wotherspoon given tea and unleavened bread and some J. Muitheail
It was tasteless, but it D. Slackintosh native porridge. www nourishing and filling, and we ate it."
BLISTERED FEET,
together with Mrs. Pinger, they waited in nothing but merciless punishment, So: haully with the aid of #
a constant state of anxiety and2 dread bero we three stay and wait and wait and
rested
T. Grimes J. Ferguson W. Weir Whete J. Rasell
A. Hamilton
12 R. Wallace
G. McLeod
A. Holland
D. Morrison
10 N. Drummond
J. Laing
M. O'Brien
G. Morrison
HIGH
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Abdulla Cigarettes
No. 11 per tin $2.80
5
2.50
14
2.20
16
1.65
1.35
Straight Cut. Boguslavsky. Virginian Piccadilly State Express Cigarettes
145
No 2
1.40
1.25
1.20
Manbums
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TOBACCOS
23
Abdulla. Straight Cut
4
Total 74
17 J. MacLachlan
Total 39
I
K.B.G.c. v. es.Ç.c Played at Kowloon, the home team winning by 34 points.
K.B.UI.C.
Hamilton
"Ia the afternation we again henril the hateful word "tu" meaning move on. My blistered feet were now so sore that every step was torture, that I limped along. as best I could. My boy also could hardly walk. We were urged up the stony slope of a high hill. Part of the way was so steep that steps lad been hewn out of solid rock. The bandits were in
great One foreiguer was imping along cane. (e prisoner had to crawl op with his hands. At the top until they were rvjoined by their husbands wonder How long O Lord How long the air-hind the rains of After nearly a fortnight's rest at Tientsin will our captivity be," while the Chinese wo
ancient
temple, and at the end of the two MacFarlane the Allen family commenced their return officials talk and talk and wriggle and hours we head tua' and were sent down! journey for Manila, arriving in Hongkong hedge-do anything to save face and no- again. We let our cuptors know our anger Harvey and disgust at this cruel treatment and Kushell on Friday. They are continuing their thing to end mir miserable situation, "?
they must have felt some sympathy with us, voyage to the Philippines to-day hy the
for I was carried down on the back of the Barr same bandit who had provided the horse Farrell 8.8. President Wilson,
for the American and
my boy the night be Gay fore. Bob and the other cripple were taken Edwards
J. Kynoch down in a similar manner.
The night of May they spent Whibley at a village further on #d on the R. Hall Tuesday morning fresh eggs were added to Crawfor their dist of Chinese bread and hot tea. We ate them raw and Eard boiled, anys Major Allen, and rested. We rested for time only to be driven" ou into the being able tu walk because of
On arrival there Major Allen will pro- ered to Fort Kinky to rejoin his nait, which he left some two or the mouths ago on 'h two months tour of Northern China, Manchuria and Japan. Japanese and the Manchurian part of the tour they have not completed, for, after their sensational experience, they have no
pin's
THY STORY,
The
THE MOUNTAIN OF TEMPTATION,
ling in . clump of trees, grey rockly mountains. "I'was riding sure tests
Rarely Allen then went on to a
NOT
fingers
4.3.C.C.
Oswick Vergette
Keegan
25 Pathyjohns
F. Allan
S. Aldatman
A. Murphy
28 A B Allan
Rudd
Cuilip
Sullivan
MA HIR
Total 77
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1.75
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Craven
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12
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-Total 43
CHAGIENGOWER, KOWLOON DOCK R.C.
Played at Craigengower, the visitors
Describing the scenery from the top of the rock, Major Aller says it is mag nificent. The peak must be 2 feet above sea level and overlooks the runding country as far as ese can see Bure lills, encircled by regular lines of the farmers' terraces, broad valleys with their crazy quilt patches of green and brown, here and there a village nest- butes in the distance and high- other with but to get back to the Philip.et ranges jus blue haza. On such a son. Ruland, were released and setit to winning by ten points.
visible many miles away through the mountain it must have been that Stan the railway station. This was
dore tempted Jesus. Last night we caught The story of the outrage is of course of the lights of the cost mines at Ts through the efforts of Major Finger, who Green
favourable already well-known to the public, but Channg, 17 miles away, where our friends seized u
sopportunity to gain thie Souza are awaiting our colense, And every day we consent of the baudit chiefs and persuade Mactariane < Major Allen's personal experiences are took across these peaks and hope that this them to let the
boys go.. The boy were | Bradbury interesting and throw additional light day
well well, but we were always in dread of their our release may come. We are well becoming ill. day
Blose As it was, they were none upon the life of the captives with the to eat. We lutte cots to sleep on and enough the worse for their experience. They were Veure fairly comfortable.. We have enough
Greensett bandita. Major Allen is a typical Ame- covering to keep us warm. We have maga taken at once to their mothers in Tien- Forbes
Greener rican, tall and decidedly handsome in apzines and books to read. We get letters from our families and friends, and we send
Alves pearance, and willing to talk. Their son.
out letters as we
captors are Bobby when a Billy Press representative friendly and
They
to be respectiuse Our
appear please
and to make us cum- called upon theni buried in an adventure story, perhaps
Under other circumstances we like them. But we are pestered with hardy more exciting than his own flies which breed in the human excreta scattered all over the ground; we are infested with fleas which make our sleep restless;
have A continual:
struggle
on Saturday, was
will
to
12
adventures with handita, which aurlynurk him cut as a hero in the we ayos of ins boya frizalls when he returns keep clean and, worst of all, we are in
to
Cain"
20
17
GRAIGENGOWERA KOWLOOK DICK EL
Puncheon
Allen
Brown. Glow
19
Johnston Brown Hedlug 15. Lapsley
27
McKelvie
Keith Gourlay
18 Gmy
Total 10
Total 60
Omar
FOLICE R.C....K.C.C
1.3.12.
Played on the Police ground, the home
home to Amriga. All thres look remark constant danger of contracting use of the He was a tail, bearded nun with a booming team winning by 17 points.
dreaded discases with which China is always
suffered.
THE NIGHT OF THE CAPTURE.
o'clock
bandit
stopping to give one little notrs of ex-lowed to go with coach and begged to
planation.
I
E
FOLICE
D. Clark
KIGC
R. Abraham
J. Curnley J. Hyde
20. McMurtrie
H. Overy .A. Davidson ..C..I, Thechi
20 A.0. Pile
H. Davies
C. Dance J. Gibson
NEWS FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD. "Now we were allowed to rest quietly Ismail for a few days, not being moved again until the following Monday morning. On Basa Friday we were greatly excited by getting our first offer of help from the A German missionary outside world. caine into the village, having walked
the hills from Tsao Chuang, across
miles, to bring us messages and to try and do something toward arranging a conference. voice and a hearty sincere manner of speak ably At and in reply to a query as to the infested."
He trembled with emotion as he greet effects of the strain upon their health
ed us and he pleaded with the Chief to A. Taylor endeavour to Major Allen said they had now quite re- Major Allen later describes that hideous
bring about a conference, covered from any ill-effects which they night of capture within a few minutes of this the Chief would not consent, saying that Robertson be withdrawn-was not complied S. Shepherd troops T At this time" he says. Major Alen produced a type-day not inghe morning-a calm grey Sun- if their original daan-that the Chinese J. Clark written manuscript of his experiences, was standing on the flat plain, a wild with within two days we prisoners would Grant
be shot. However, we did not worry J.Ogg which be had written whilst in captivity. Soon I saw my son following me in charge would have been suicidal on the part of
poking me along with biz rife.
about this threat as such an act A. Grimmett and this he read aloud, here and there of another brigand. Then my wife came the bandita. As long as they had us alive W. Knight
to the door of the
be could
terpis. dicker for
A.. Nicoll us, but told her she
Allen's
narrative,then proceeds to W. Mair must not do it-that she would do better to remain behind. The East was just becom.outline the terms of release imposed by W. Clearand
the bandite and tells how on the following Elis story is written from an American ing grop with the dar as we tramped in Monday, much to their disappointment ingle file ncross the plain, some 500 Chinese they were moved bandits stronger! point of view and speaks lughly of the bandits, with 24 foreign captives and inang Pao Tze Kou, the
to the foot of stronghold, services rendered by Mr. Roy Andrus lays in the procession as our capturs would the worst place in which
Chinese prisoners. There were frequent de they were badly who he said was mainly responsible for stop to examine and compare their loot securing the release of the captives. His Jay of the prisoners were hara-footed and quartered. In this stronghold they were
And Lept until rele
released. On May 31st Major manuscript contains one sentence alleging wore only their night dresses, wrapped
clad only in pajamas. Some of the women Allen and Mr. W. Smith of Manchester A friendly match between the K.C.C apathy on the part of the British to secure about with a blanket. As the mares pro were released, and escorted in chairs to the and Civil Service was played on the The British greased, the bandits provided these with Army of Chinese which surrounded the K.C.C. ground, resulting in a win for the their release: It is this:
clothing from their booty and some of the concluded Major Allen's written story home team by seva points.
This appear to be quite, inactive.", ""Major women were placed on donkeys. However, Allen in his manuscript wrote after a few some of the men were wearing pyjamas for and the later details which he add verbsily
Then foreign food was clad in men's trousers up to two days
five days, and Mrs. Verea, a lexican lady, have already been published. begal to come. in; wheat bread, canned. before her release." My son leid, a milk, sugar, rite, conued meats, fruits, pistol put to his head because he li
travel fast enough to s
to suit his cuptor."w trackers, baked beans, etc., and since then (five days after captivity) have had a steady supply, of good food-even bottled bread water and fresh vegetables. All of this Here Major comes from the American Chamber of from
THE REITISH attitude..
days of captivity:
practically all of the relief work for us.
not
it
they
had
been
AN OVERSIGHT.
TO FINE OF $30.
After resting at a stronghold for sang SERVANTS CARELESSNESS LEADS
during which they were fell on an
and raw eggs and a the march was resumed.
21 H Stevens
Total, GT
FRIENDLY MATCH.
---K.C.C. CIVIL SERVICE.
14
Total 50
* The Cali
CROC.
J. C. Fletcher:
F. Wheeler
A. C. Parford P. Heathcote
Daves Dixson Cowan
17 Seccombe
R. Hutchison
J. Smith
E Hoather
I often was again separated". man, described as a member of S.E Greea:
All havo shared in its benefits, America. him,"
said the Major,
Then
and
ין
Williams Deacon FleFE
W. Goldenberg
10 Blake
A. Purves
Smith Wheller Taylor Massey
Total 61:
Total
TABLE PLAGUN
Prs.
12
but, later on, he found him crew of a patrol launch organised by the V. C. Labrum Commerce of Shanghai, which has donn and kent with him until his release entry of Kongmoor to patrol the delta J. P. Robinson
As we were near that town, was brought before Mr. Porried akng in the dark and clouds were
bril with the unlawful possession of 37 rounds tinaher of I
ghing the
zigzaggeri
He was ar across of Winchester ammunition. British, French and Italian, and oven the the heavens and presently it began to rested on one of the river steamer wharves Chinese prisoners have not been neglected rain. It rained anil
this long as he was about to leave the Colony the of captives, stumbles sime morning. It is also through the generosity of the
shin line Americans of Shanghai that we have re
There was a the darkness. on through
The defendant and that he came to ceived cala, bedding, blankets, clothing, mysterious drumming in the distance, like Hongkong to see one of the masters res. Kowloon Dock
for the upkeep of his launch to Taikon No. 2 many other things of the greatest value bably a signal. Then we saw lib
in the
draw the pay. Prior to leaving Kong-KB0.C. in aiding to be comfortable."
Police flows Major Allen's terse summing up of silence, as though of a city. Gunboats, moon, he had given instructions to his alleged British inactivity which we have light across the black murit and winked out. servant to empty all the amminnition from Taikos No. 1
trains,' said another. Relief his bag, and believed that he had done Craigengower C.
Kowloon C. C. already quoted. ing paused, and said "Perhaps you will terious lights gave us a thrill of hope of munition and decided to bring it into
SHOTS FULL AND AGAINST. not care to publish that?" "Why not? bope that our reason told was vain. We Hongkong and take it away when he left. our representative replied, "if it is your were tired we had been stripped by the This he was doing when he was arrested.
FOR now driving us to God Sab Inspector Macdonald informed His...
ABT, DE DOWN, knows where, only opinion. by all means any it."
wish was father t to
427. 220 Worship that defendant's story was quite Kawiory Dock
.321 I thought you would not like it to the thought rovers tight anu now and silver coins with him.
our probable as he had over $200 in Chinese Taikoo No. 2 troops,
KFG.C marines, car put the cowardly, cruel, ignorant The Magistrate informed defendant that Polico T. C The British can stand critician if it humilits to tight like a pack of dogs and in this Colony the possession of arms and Taikoo Ke-1
restore us to liberty. Later we learned that ammunition without licence by the local Craigengowers. those lights were at the fortited coal inines of authorities was viewed with suspicion. Kowloon (C.. Two Chuang Bfteen miles distant
Io imposed a fine of $50,
Civil Service
Major Allen at this stage of his read. Armon coming? Anyhow, the BD. On the trip down he noticed the am Civil Service Of Cr
appear in a British paper, the Major added.godere modo par
in deserved," replied our representative,
Major Allen then went ending from his manuscript.
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