GOVERNMENT TO PAY THE RANSOM
ONLY HOPE FOR CAPTIVES
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—OOPTMGHT.) \ {AUSTRALIAN . HEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) | PEKIN, Bth May. | The Government has telegraphed the Governor of Shantung to yield to the bandits' terms and secure the release of the prisoners, paying ransom if necessary. [ Negotiations for the prisoners' release will be conducted byMr. Roy Anderson, a foreigner who is acquainted with the bandit leaders and has the confidence of both the Pekin Government and the foreign legations. Reports have been received that two Americans and an Englishman were shot | when the bandits used the captives as shields against the pursuing Government troops. WASHINGTON, Bth May. The State Department has reecived confirmation of the report that the Chinese Government has promised to pay ransom to secure the release of the captives, j
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 7
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