CHINESE BANDITS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. MAY .10XN THE BANDITS. (Received this day at 8 a.in.) PEKIN, May 19. Word received by the Foreign Legations to-day increased expectations for the release of the captives. The Governor of Shantung telegraphed that a messenger bad been sent to the bandits, offering the leaders army .commissions, and agreeing to incorporate the entire bandit force in the Shantung Army. The Government troops in the Lincheng district are tnemselves beginning to murmur because their pay is in arrears and threats have been made that the troops may join the bandits.
The Government, which would agree to the bandits’ demands that the Government troops be withdrawn from Shantung, is however, powerless because the Tucliuns (military Governor) refuse to permit such a withdrawal. The Shanghai Chamber of Commerce which represents one of the most important British communities in China, sent a copy of a resolution to the British Government, expressing horror at the bandits’ detention of Britishers and asking that action be taken to secure their release.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1923, Page 2
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171CHINESE BANDITS. Hokitika Guardian, 21 May 1923, Page 2
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