KILLED BY BANDITS.
AMERICAN IN MANCHURIA. ATTACK UPON A RANCH. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) PEKIN, July 23. Bandits, on July 20, attacked a ranch in Northern Manchuria, which an American, Major Morgan Palmer, was developing for refugees from the famine districts. The Americans put up a fight, in which Major Palmer was killed, and an eye specialist, Dr. Howard, of the. Union Medical College, was captured. Other foreigners from the ranch reached safety. The American Consul at Harbin has gone to interview the Kirin Governor to urge Dr. Howard's release. The" Fengtien district has closed the Union of Labour and Commerce rooms; also the headquarters of the Chinese Seamen's Union, and a few organisations of lesser importance. Ten agitators were arrested 1 .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10457, 25 July 1925, Page 5
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