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THE LUSHAN LOOTING.

Mission Buildings Destroyed.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FORTION WOMAN IS MADE

CAPTIVE

Miss Staurset suffered likewise, banding over her personal balang- ings even to her clothing, the bandits waving iber blazing

hec hair a Demand

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EXCHANGE.

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1922.

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122

121

2995

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Hauchow, Hanan, June 1.—A little band of Norwegian Luther-torchea

demanded mora and

10 die an Missionaries who flat here they.

loot. Then thes 50 3/ after the looting of Lushen more and the destruction of their roped her with one of the Chinese

TIT Shanghai mission buildings by bandits bava Christian women, and with a

TIT Singapore, through such terrible hundred othercaptives proceeded passid

VT Japan after to the Northern Suburb shouting that even expriences

they weeks.

scarcals all manner of threats of nameless T/T India... sleep

have indigniias in the ears of the deeply

Demand, Indis TT San Franciscol 58 the horrible details of the sacking unfortunate women.

Mr. Frederiksen and har

© New York.j of the city been burned into their

away, PT data. inemories. All is gone that they hah they were taken

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30

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built up through so many year; ¡de-vite sue plets of her hustaj p2r Marka ........................... their buildings burned, recors that the tam ty ha kept together. FF Francs

made a prisoner Jemand, Paris destroyed, converts killed or scat. He also was

two days' tered, some still being held for and

captivity, succeeded in getting ransom by the outlaws, and onec flourishing city practically audience with the bandit chief. reduced to ashes.

Palaca Hotel,

Grand Hotel Kalee. PEKING:

Crand Hotel des Wagon Lits.

132 No

7.40

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His accument that he and hit While the missionaries are full wife and baby and Miss Staursat of plans for the future and be released to accusa only

the bandits for foreign complications, fically was

plight,

the theard and the little band of 303/San Francis) their unfortunate

co New York Chinese refugees

core missionaries made their way back BLO outspoker and blame the so called to the ones prosperous scene of. Marks ......... Christian General Feng Y-their labours.

heing. He, say, the Chinese, sits SCENE OF DESOLATION GREETS

in Sxifeng making laws for the abolition of the liquor traffic and banishment writing edicts of acsinst "sing-song" girls, while bandits terrorise the countryside and foot inoffensive cities, his uz soldiers opening the gates to the bandits and, the Chinese charge. shanng in the loot. a

SOLDIERS TARE $1000 TO OPEN

GATES.

THEIR RETURN.

Then back they made their was from the mountain den of the igands to find vtter ruia and desolation where only three day, before had been pesce and pro sperity. The city streets still had There and thera an unburiec corpse. From every bousehold rose lamentations for those whom The bandits had carried away into cautivity and whose ranson According to the missionaries, must be paid even though they this charge of opening the gates of had been stripped of all their the city is well founded, the sol-goods and gest. diers in charge of the city having Reaching the mission, their accepted a bribe of $4,000 to let in hearts quailed at the scene of the trauders who, despite their destruction. Most of the build numbers, were poorly armed and ings burned. books and furnitur would have been frightened away scattered and destroyed or bruker by a show of force by the soldiers.beyond further use, with here and But they chose the more profitable there a wisp of smoke ascending course and stood by while the from same dying spark that well most terrible crimes jingling the might symbolise their hopes, pitiful pieces of silver were enact-

Then they sent a telegram

hands.

Help

e under their eyes, in their couched in language more urgent pockets.

than polite, addressed to the The bandits made their attack Christian Genera', telling him in at 3 o'clock in the nning, what pught his brother Christians When the gates swung open to had fallen due to the remnants of their silver key, the force of his laté enemy's farces that still between 3,000 and 400 scat were at large to prey upon the

bear-unarmed sad helpless. eret in small

torches The deeds pine and robbery which those: dickering torches lighted are too vile and all too terrible to be detailed in your columns. Hal the city put up a stout defence, 20 more terrible vengeance could have been wresked upon the people.

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T Bombay.. Demand, Bombay

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Hongkong. July 10, 1922.

WEATHER REPORT,

of came a few days later, but with came a message from the bandits, saying:

BASDITS THREATEN EVEN WORSE VENGEANCE "We shall return and take our new vengeance upon those who called the troops to testrain using W.S.W. Heed this and tremble."

Word was sent to Peking wher

July 10d. 11h. Wm.-Warning to Hongkong Coast Poris de Depression or typhoon of oc- koown intensity within 60 miles of Lat. 12 N. Long, 123 E mov-

July 10d. 12h. 30m-Pressure

The main street of shops was on a shamble, as the sights: it is understood the Norwegian.is bighest over the Bonins. It protest

has decreased considerably over

on the part of mer. Legation has taken the matter up lants Was met with in with the authorities tost of the E. Japan and slightly over the stant death. while many who Chinese Christians who were notas. It has increased mode.

killed outright or made to folloarately over Formosa.

tried to conceal their mones and more valuable wares were in train of the handinghieftain. forer until they gave up the his triumphal trophy of captives. ret and then ruthlessly Mail. escaped to Hsachow, some four The torch was then applied core li to the eastward. No word whatever the bandits did noufe punitive expedition has as want to carry away and smoke set come from Kaifeng where the as the Christian General has his head. numerable fires cosa

quarters. funeral pres of the dean mer chants whose apprentices dared sor attempt to save even the Bittle it was left or extinguish the blaze.

ANSWER TO CRY OF "FOREIGN

DEVIL"

MILLIONAIRE FOR EVERY

TEN PERSONS.

Paradox of Bankrupt Austria.

An ingenious and daring statio tician has estimated how many are in the millionaires there

The bandits preserved som semblance of military discipline a- they were led by officers of the troops of the late Tuchun of bankrupt Republic of Austria.

The calculation suggests A Honan, Chao Hengit. But this

the discipline showed only in their least 600,000-and answer to rallying cries when pos ulation of the country is only some resistance was encountered. 6,000,000! Such was the case when a party

Depressions lie to the N.E. of Japan, over Tanzking, and over Toe las pared the Via £5. may develope into a typhoon.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 23 sours ending at 10 am today. 19.83 inch. Toral since January

Ist. 27.51 inches, against average of 44 inches.

an

FORECAST FOR THE 24 Hours ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

District.

Forecast.

total

one

Formosa Compost

Hongkong

Gap Hock..

13 South coast of E. winds,

China between moderate: H.K. & Lamocks. fair.

to

Lutheran Mission million in actual money-for the depreciated Austrian kroner,

South coast

of

H.K. & Hainan.

,

1. F CLAXTON, Director.

This figure includes only those

more than of them found the gates of the who possess

Norwegian

barred.

In the mission compound was from its pre-war standard by at collected the wives and families less a

thousandfold, is still

the Chinese Christians who had regarded as "money." hoped some modicum of safety

might arise from the general fear

Taking property in goods ae the test, then the total would

Chine -between

be fixed much higher... Observatory, July 10, 1922.

new suit of

of the Chinese desperado to attack have to

This was not the The owner of a foreigners. case for the rallying cry Yang clothes, good linen, a few pairs of Kweitza" (foreign devils) arose shoes, a far-lined overcoat, one or and the bandits gathered in force for their hellish work.

two rings and some books would find himself an Austrian million- sire, if he changed bis property into money.

It was the work of a moment to bring up hoge. log from nearby timberyard and with this the improvised battering ram, gates soon y'elded. The Mi sion-at

3400 MILLIARDAINES ". Of the ball-million millionaires least 3,000 are milliardaires"

thousand times over.

aries inside the compound were that is to say, millionaires a prepared for instaut death. but some higher power held th bandite bands and gave a respite in which they pleaded for the lives of their converts.

METEOROLOGICAL

Nearly every factory "owner and merchant is a two-hundred- fold millionaire, as also is every Barometer farmer or cattle-dealer on a large Temperature...

Humility

fbe roissionaries included Mr.scale.

Not all this wealth is illusory. Wind Direction and Mrs. F. Fredericksen and Mies M. Staureet. The Freder Everyone who can do so gets rid Wind Force- ... icksena have a baby four mouths of his paper krone in exchange Weather old. With the baby clasped in for either real property or foreign Rain.. her arms, Mra, Frederickson currencies.

Export manufacturers are paid wandered through their quarters opeting bureau drawers and in the money of the countries to handing over the family's small which the goods are seat. It ir atore of valuables, finally strip mostly these who, in consequence ping off her wedding ring whet.of the later depreciation of the

milliardaire ibe bandit chieftain demanded krone, form the more foot.

class.

open

open

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