DILATORY GOVERNMENT.
DIPLOMATIC CORPS APPLIES PRESSURE, FANTASTIC RANSOM CLAIMED. (Recgived Thursday, 8.40 p.m.) PEKING, May 16. The Diplomatic Corps to-clay handed the Chinese Government another Note demanding information as to what stops Averc being takgii to secure the release of the captives, and pointing out that the continual lapse of time would mean an increasg in tlic indemnity. It is understood the Corps is considering the Powers’ withdrawal of the recognition of China. Meanwhile the situation is groAving hourly more Serious. Th ( . bandits have retreated further into the mountains with their prisoners, and the negotiations are. being conducted with difficulty. Tli e bandits continue to make fantastic demands. It is uoav reported Uigy are asking ~..1.6(10,ran50m. The condition of the is reported to b e none too good. An .Italian captive. Signor Musso, Avho is suffering from a weak heart, collapsed from his great hardships.
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Shannon News, 18 May 1923, Page 4
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145DILATORY GOVERNMENT. Shannon News, 18 May 1923, Page 4
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