Chinese Town Besieged hy Bandits
Press Association. —Copyright. Peking, Aug. 2(1. Silence has settled on the fate of eight Americans in Yuanchow, which has been besieged for two months by bandits. The defenders of the town are reported to number 2000, and they have a year’s supply of rice. The American authorities are redoubling their efforts, to obtain safe conduct for foreigners. The siege was precipitated by the bandit chief’s abortive plot to murder a visiting Government general.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 342, 28 August 1933, Page 8
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78Chinese Town Besieged hy Bandits Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 342, 28 August 1933, Page 8
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