Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-11 | Page 2 | Banditry Menaces Trade at Shanghai

BANDITRY MENACES TRADE AT SHANGHAI I SHANGHAI April 11 An JP-An An unprecedented un un- un- un wave of piracy west o ot of Shanghai toward Lake has re resulted resulted re- re suIted in a paralysis of ot commerce in that area Chinese commercial circles here said today In a report revealing an alleged breakdown of ot all civil authority Inthe Inthe in inthe the hinterland extending to within n afew a afew afew few miles of the Shanghai International international international settlement local merchants said the pirates had made a series o. o of astoundingly L daring raids in recent da days s 's taking goods valued at from barges on the way to Shanghai and 40 adults and children for ransom The merchants said the pirates were making their headquarters at Lake 75 miles west of here and that the he situation was the worst In Shan Shanghais Shanghai's Shang Shang- hats hai's history