PILLAGE IN CHINA.
WHITE WOLVES ABROAD. OUTRAGES AT LAO-lIOW-HOW. LOOT VALUED AT £1,000,000. "Tim«»."—Sydney "Sun" Sp&clftl C»blM. • PKKIX; March 17. Missionaries report that during the pillage lit Lao-How-How the "White Wolves" killed fifteen hundred persons and wounded four thousand. Hideous tortures were inflicted on the captives to discover any hidden valuables.
Every woman or girl soon by tho brigands wak ravished, and many were mutilated and murdered. Property valued at £1,000,000 was looted. The country folk are too terrified to give information..
ESCAPED IN JUNKS. " TimcfO"—-Sydney "Suii" Special Cables. (Received March IS, 9 a.m) PEKIN. March 17. A coasting steamer was looted in the vicinity of Hong Kong, tho Chinese passengers overpowering tho crew, and escaping with tho booty, in junks.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11029, 18 March 1914, Page 5
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