Show WINTER BEST FOR CHINESE Chinn China March 2 29 W VP i Shantung pr again Is h exercised over oer the tho boldness and cruelty of local band bandits lIs and the recent murder of S S 5 Keh a Chi Chi- Chinese Chi nose nese Industrial oad engineer has attracted more moro attention tha than any e event ent since outlaws last spring the tsin Tien-tsin s and captured a number of foreigners foreigner Keb who ho n ho i la h bolio believed el Cd to have been a graduate of ot InstItute of ot Technology was tak- tak taken taken taken en by bandits Seven Seen weeks later latera latea a ransom of ot 1 was nas paid In his behalf but nevertheless Kh Keh was waa killed after the money had been boen turned 0 over oter er to 10 the robbers robber The Th latter laller part of January bandits feeling the pinch of cold and hunger Unger swooped do down don n on a native native village to loot it A A heroic chief of ot police pollee at the head of 18 men drove them off oft fter a tight fight In which which 15 of the tho robbers robben slain About the same time a 8 force i of long lone unpaid turned brI- brI brIgand brigand gand and md looted the neal by city ell ellof of Ieng tzu cleaning out banks bank provision shops and lumber and coal yards arda From a colliery th they demanded 15 carloads of coal The Tl manager tool took to his heels to sa e himself and the bandits helped d themselves Sailors and marines marine marln in port have proved pro ed troublesome but sO go far have rot not turned bandit In China It Is not unusual for tor fora fc a man to be a e defender of law and il order one day and a rampaging bandit th the next It all depends depend upon whether the rice nice bo I Is 3 be- be beIng ing leg frequently replenished or not no 00 00 |