COMMUNIST BANDITS ACTIVE
threat to kill priest in china CAMPAIGN OF SUPPRESSION FAILS By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. . . Peking, Feb. 24. The Communist bandits who kidnapped Father C. Tierney, an Irish priest of St. Columban’s mission, last November now threaten ■to kill him unless a ransom is paid immediately. The British Minister’s representations to the Chinese authorities have so far been fruitless. The Nanking Government s campaign for the suppression of banditry in the Yan-gtsze provinces appears to be meetin«r with poor success. An entire division of troops is enveloped by .Communist troops in Anhwei, where serious fighting is still proceeding. Reiniorcements are being rushed to the threatened districts.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 February 1931, Page 9
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