BRITISH TROOPS READY
SOME CAPTIVES RELEASED,
(Received 10th May, 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, 9th May. _ The Pekin correspondent of the "Chicago News" cables that the Chinese Foreign Office has announced that the bandits have released Majors Pinger and Allen, and their two sons. SHANGHAI, Bth May. A report from Tientsin states that British - troops have been ordered to Shantung and held _in xeadinesa to proceed against the bandits if necessary. Mr. Thomas Day, an American, arrived here in an exhausted condition. He was released by the bandits to inform the Chinese authorities that the captives would be killed if a ransom were not paid. Mr. C. G. Jacflbsen, inspecting engineer for the British-American Tobacco Company, who escaped from the bandits, reported upon arrival at Tientsin that he had spoken to the Chinese Government troops who declared that they now completely surround all the hill strongholds where the foreigners were being held. Mr. Jacobsen told a graphic story of the bandits' harsh treatment of the captives.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 7
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