CHINESE PIRATES

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 44, 16 November 1926, Page 9

CHINESE PIRATES

OVERPOWER OFFICERS OF FRENCH STEAMER LARGE SUM SECURED Peking, November 14. The arrival at Hong-Kong of the French steamer Hanoi revealed a case of daring piracy. When the Hanoi was ninety miles from Hong-Kong, armed desperadoes overpowered the officers,. killing one and wounding two. Chinese guards took command and set a course for Bias Bav, where they abandoned the vessel, after removing 50,000 dollars in bullion, Maritime Customs moneys, and 20,000 dollars from the passengers. While the pirates were controlling the vessel a British destroyer was sighted, but the captain of the Hanoi was threatened with instant death if he signalled to the destroyer. The pirates came aboard disguised as passengers. —Sydney “Sun” Cable. REBEL FORCE ON NORTHERN BORDER OF MEXICO . Los Angeles, November 14. Despite emphatic official denials rumours persisted on Sunday that a serious revolutionary movement was developing along the northern border of Mexico and the State of Chihuahua. General Nicolas Fernadez, late Cniet of Staff to the late General Villa, is reported to have crossed the border accompanied by fifteen former Villa followers, carrying machine-guns, ammunition, and rifles. It is feared that the force will grow to large proportions. Thousands of Villa’s sympathisers kept their rifles when they disarmed, and need onlv ammunition. thousand rounds of rifle ammunition, believed to have been smuggled from the United States, were seized at Nouve La Redo.