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HUBIN, Degymber 31st. | body responsible to appeal to, the! A most curious situation has been game of skinning the rabbit goes

SHANGRAI. January 14th erested in North "China and expe- merrily, Harbin hosts of one

Lis November last, news was pub vially in Manchurin owing to the Russian evening paper, the Rupe.lished of the kidnapping for the Nationalist Government break which used to appear at

bildren of one of the colporteurs with the Soviet Russia, writes daily, but "without warning the of the British and Foreign Rible! a North Kian Daily News correspublic administration issued an Society in Shantung: some days pondent. It has its amusing tea-srder that so evening paper could afterwards it was reported that the tures since it is Marshal Change Tsappear before 3 pm. The reason children had been recovered. Lin and the Northern Warlords who for this was that the icini or just reached the Bible House in The full story of the aventure has have so often openly deglareil them. in Russian, the Kinung Park, had selves enemies po the Russian Cöm- decided - also to issue an rygning Village Enid By Bandits. munistic Party, Most foreigners asper. The latter was short-lived, The village where M. Tien re- Bring in these parts think that the fiw it containerf no pews except sides, though walled, and detented Chineso nuthorities who hold power wome official information which in.ed by a band of well-armed brigands. in the North, will take some action prested but low Russians. Whether hidef by a band of well-armed.

by local volunteer gaards, and, following the lead of Nanking, for not tha silitor of the fàpor cân | brigands, who, after hard fight insist that Movies Consulates and get the police to allow his paper to broke through the defences and

ransacked the plus. Government institutions gre with- appear at the original hour remains dravi. „The view is not taken by the to be seen, Russino daily papers writer, who thinks that for the tire are now, only allowed to contain Įbing at any rate, the whilus gan six pages except holiday issue there when the fight began. Evi {will not disturbed, principally which may be eight. Whether the necount of the complicated posi origin of this new regulation is tion of the Chinese Eastern Railway due to the same source or conceived -the spinal cord of North Mang the police themselves on account

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heard of the calamity. After days prosperity exists. It must not be The officials have digs at White reached him by word of mouth. He of suspense a mysterious messze forgotten that Manchuria is supplying as well as at the Red was travelling alone and untrmed to ing him with millions which enalles ently retain memorist services to An instance may be cited when re-

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travelled among the villages quite millions which are being received The authorities are taking all openly, but at night they appeared are bring equally divided between sorts of new regulations in the in ordinary civilian clothes. Chinese and Russian alike. The Baitway areans well as introducing' Condited into the presence of Russian railway, officials are workalf kinds of new taxes to raise the the robber chist, Mr. Tien found

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