A TERRIBLE MASSACRE
BANDITS WIPE OUT VILLAGE. (Received 12th January, 9 a.m.) : SHANGHAI, 11th January. ' ■ A private message from Shantung re- ' cords a terrible massacre.by-bandits; The' villagers; of the town of Wangshihpao, fifty miles' eastward of the ; Jjirthplace of Confucius, Cufu, actively ' 'opposed bandits, who thereupon awaited reinfoTeements, surrounded tho village, set fire to it, and slaughtered all without respect of age or sex. Somp were \ burned to death in their homes,, and others shot in . attempting to escape. Small children were; pulled to pieces. The inhabitants, numbering. 1000, were entirely exterminated. ■■.:■'?■. . •' :: .: -
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1927, Page 9
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92A TERRIBLE MASSACRE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1927, Page 9
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