TROUBLE IN CHINA
i Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] i ARRIVAL OF TROOPS. MANILA. Jan. 11. Three hundred marines from Guam departed for Shanghai. SHANGHAI, Jan. 11. Ail unconfirmed report states arrangements have been made to dispaten 1800 British and two thousand .American troops to Shanghai with sevdal thousand Japanese held in readiness in Japan to reach Shanghai at the latest in thirty-six hours. Fight Bi itisli destroyers have arrived at Hankow (and negotiations rcpja riling the British concession will he opened immediately Admiral O'Malley arrives. A BANDIT MASSACRE. A THOUSAND LIVES LOST. (Received this day at 8.30 a.mA SHANGHAI. Jan. 11. \ private message from Shnngtung records a terrible massacre by bandits ~f n H , villagers of the town of W'ongvibilopao. fifty miles eastward of the birth place of Confucius. Cufu. They actively opposed the bandits who theieupon awaited reinforcements, surrounded the village, set it on fire and slaughtered all without respect for age or sex. Some were burned to death m their homes and’others were shot attempting to escape. Small children were pulled to pieces. Ihe inhabitants numbering one thousand were entirely exterminated.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1927, Page 2
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