CHINESE BANDITRY.
PURSUIT SUSPENDED.
FEAR FOR CAPTIVES' LIVES.
ANOTHER TRAIN OUTRAGE.
By Telegraph—Press Ai
(Received 6.5 p.m.) *' A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. May a It ia reported from Peking that Government troops have withdrawn ■■.. temporarily from pursuit of the Shantung bandits because the latter threatened to kill their prisoners. Methods are being considered to secure the release of the captives. It is now believed that more foreigners were taken from the train than was at first .reported, several, including four American missionaries, having boarded tho train at intermediate stations without having been listed. It is announced by the Chinese Foreign Office that the bandits released Majors Pinger and Allen and tho latter's two sons. A further kidnapping outrage is reported to have occurred on the Tsinpu railway, near Tientsin, on Monday, when a Canadian merchant named Lowe was pulled from a train, beaten, bound, and carried off by Chinese civilians. .
BANKRUPT GOVERNMENT.
NO MONEY FOR SALARIES.
A. and N.Z. PEKING. May 9. The Chinese Minister for Finance has resigned owing to lack of funds to pay the State officials.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18396, 11 May 1923, Page 7
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