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Show BANDIT CREW IS METBY BRITISH ARMED RIVER PATROL BOAT DISBANDS DIS-BANDS LARGE BODY OF CHINESE CHI-NESE BRIGANDS WITH FIRE American Missionaries Report Being Held Up Several Times While On Way to Hongkong; Money Is Taken Hongkong. An armed launch river patrol of the British government, protecting pro-tecting shipping in the West river area, near here, met a large body of brigands cruising toward Kongmoon. The British opened fire on the bandits, ban-dits, killing many and dispersing the remainder, for which they were thanked by the Konkmoon residents. Seven American . missionaries returning re-turning by rail from Shiuchow, Kwangtung province, reported they were met by disorderly mobs at Won-gsha Won-gsha and Conton. After the progress of the trip was retarded several times, they arrived at Hongkong safely. safe-ly. Two American missionaries reported report-ed they were held up on their way from Lupa to Canton by bandits dressed in foreign clothes and speaking speak-ing English. The bandits demend-ed demend-ed 51000, but took $200 which they found on the missionaries. Reports were prevalent that several sever-al women missionaires who have taken tak-en refuge in Hongkong, have accepted accept-ed employment on the liner Empress of Asia as stewardesses with pay for the return trip to Vancouver, B. C. Barricades and trenches have been erected by the Chinese at Canton, near Shameen, to prevent Chinese on parade from passing the foreign quarter, but this explanation is doubted. doubt-ed. Extra precautions have been taken tak-en at Shameen, where the waterway approaches have been mined to prevent pre-vent entrance to the settlement. The foreign staff . in the Chinese customs house returned there after an absence of one week. They were escorted by representatives of the British foreign office and the Chinese superintendent of customs. The uncertainties un-certainties of the future are apparent appar-ent because of demands expected from the French admiral, Frochot. I |