HELD FOR RANSOM.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16122, 10 May 1923, Page 3

HELD FOR RANSOM.

CHINESE GOVERNMENT YIELDS

TO BANDITS 1 TERMS,

THREE MEN KILLED.

(Elec- Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.l .Australian <i«iu i\.is. cable a.ssociai..ixi.,

PEKING, May b\

The Government telegx-aphed the Governor of Shantung to yield to the bandits' terms and secure the release of prisoners, paying the ransom if necessary. Negotiations for the prisoners' release will be conducted by Mr. Roy Anderson a foreigner who is acquainted with tho bandit leaders, and has the confidence of both the Peking Government and the . foreign., legations.,'. s. •.;*..;■. j . ReportSjhave ; :been j"re£ei.£e'd/'th'at|.two 'Americans 'and*'an ' Englishman "." were shot when the bandits used their captives as shields against the pursuing Government troops. WASHINGTON, May 8.

The State Department has received confirmation of the report that the Chinese Government promised to pay the ransom to secure the release of the captives. SHANGHAI, May 8. A report from Tientsin states that British troops have been ordered to Shantung to be held in readiness to proceed against the bandits if necessary. Mr. Thomas Day, an American, has arrived here in an exhausted condition. Ho was released by the bandits to inform the Chinese authorities that the captives would be killed if the ransom were not paid. Mr. C. G. Jacobson, inspecting engineer for tho 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 they now completely surrounded all hill strongholds where tho foreigners are being held. Mr. Jacobson told a graphic story of the bandits' harsh treatment of captives.

FURTHER KIDNAPPING OUTRAGE

BANDITS RELEASE .FOUR CAP-

TTVES.

/Australlan and N.Z rabl» Association.)

(Received May 10, 8.55 a.m.) , PEKIN, May 9.

According to a, Tientsin message, a further kidnapping outrage occurred on tho Tsinpu railway on Monday, Avhen a Canadian merchant named Lowe -was pulled from a train, beaten, bound, and carried off by Chinese civilians. It is now belusyed more foreigners were taken from the Pekin express train than at first reported, several, including four American missionaries, having boarded tho train at intermediate stations 1 ' without being listed. NEW YORK, May. 9.

'The Chicago News Pekin correspondent cables that the Chinese Foreign Office lias announced that the Bandits released Majors Pinger and Allen and their two sons.