Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-16 | Page 9 | 180 Massacred by Bandits in China

Massacred by Bandits in China Shantung April 16 TV V- Reports that out of or the perSons persons persons per per- sons in a village near Shantung had been massacred by bandits as a revenge measure were received here today Advices said the bandits wiped out the village because use its populace had opposed them on a previous occasion when the they attempted to loot the set set- The villagers were cre said to have re resisted re- re d the second attack also but had been unable to stave off of the outlaws who avowedly set out to make an nn example of them Southern Shantung and northern provinces were reported to tobe tobe tobe be suffering from an acute wave of oi banditry which was terrifying the populace and paralyzing trade