CHINESE BANDITS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. MACHINE GUNS ON TRAINS. PEKIN, May 14. A thousand soldiers and bandits from Honan arrived 10 kilometres from Hankow and demanded 150,000 dollars and ammunition, as tho price of their departure. The demand was refused. Foreigners aro alarmed, fearing further trouble, and armoured cars each carrying 40 picked soldiers with machine guns are iieitig attached to. trains on tho Pekin-Hankow railway. BERN, May 14.
Tho Government lias asked tho Powers to extend Hie ultimatum (cabled on May 11). declaring that the Government have offered the bandits full compliance with their terms, but tlio latter arc continually changing their demands and are now insisting upon bavin,,- the cash in lmnd and the withdrawal of tiie Government troops liefore any of tho prisoners sn*c freed.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1923, Page 2
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130CHINESE BANDITS. Hokitika Guardian, 16 May 1923, Page 2
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