Show 14 STILL HELD BACK IN HILLS I Ultimatum of Diplomats Expires But Peking I Is Helpless I PEKING Maya May 12 Dy By By The Tho As As- As Associated ted Press Pres In In the hills back bacic of o are aro accord accord- log ing Information Into according to the tho latest available tion 14 men and two women for women for foreigners tos eigners together ther with an number of Chinese who have been held almost a 0 week by Chinese bandits who raided the Shanghai Shanghai- 1 Peking eking express early last Sunday morning und lind tho the seen ps-seen- gets gers passengers Hero Here In Peking a federal govern overn government ment meat admittedly almost powerless In the face of wholesale brigand brigand- brigandage age re throughout the J provinces has ben been striving for a week to meet the demands of ot the diplomatic representatives of ot the powers for the forthe release ot of o their nationals bu buso so bu-so so tar far without result TREASURY TIt EMPrY Tonight Tonis-ht at 12 o'clock the tho ulti- ulti ultimatum ulti ultimatum turn ms-turn of o the tho diplomats to the Pek- Pek Pek Peking log ing government gO expired es and otheir bandits still stilt are bol holding many of their captives Each Bach day from ne noi on nev on until they are freed Peking with Its empty treasury faces on an in- in increasing In Increasing I creasing Indemnity and added pen pen- penalties pen penalties for Its failure to protect the lIves safety and property of ot fur for forel for foreigners el eigners ners One man died In the bandit rail on the night express at Sucho Bucho He was Joseph a Brit Brit- BritIsh Brit British ish subject of Rumanian parentage and a reckoning still stilt Is to conic come on that score Upward of ot 30 other I were dragged from their berths an and 1 marched off Into the hills in iii the I thin night clothing in which the tho lay when the express struck th the rl right ht of way that had b baen en torn up by the marauders Two of these those are American army officers Majors Roland and Robert Allen Alien of Manila other Am- Am Americans Am Americans are aro J B Powell of Shanghai Leon Friedman and andLee andLee andLee Lee Solomon business men of Shanghai SURROUND D BRIG Despite the embarrassment of Poking the stern demands of the corps and the rage of the foreign com communities mu the ban ban- bandits bandits ban bandits hold firm in their hill retreat a plateau back of For days government troops surround surround- surrounded surrounded ed the place and the threatened dire consequences to their prisoners It If government bul- bul bullets bullets bul bullets lets continued to sing Eing over their heads 1 these hose threats have havo been brought home by notes sent out by some of the captives one from Major begging that the brigands demands be met To the prisoners their caso case appears desperate In the foothills Is a 0 colony ot of foreign consuls American R Rd l Cross workers and cs of foreign organizations b by hoping to be of ot use pager eager to the captives send them food clothing and a medical but apparently hampered by the io mUG mUG- of political and other under under- undercurrents undercurrents undercurrents currents that wash the underpin underpin- underpinning clog ning of every national and Inter International national problem in China I B Negotiations Ne for tor the tho release ot of the 16 prisoners have bave been on for tor days hope is held out for their early freedom but anxiety pre olIs In many quarters pel especially tally lally when hen they turn to that note nole from Major linger Pinger a 0 fighting man manfrom manfrom manfrom from a 0 fighting country who knoWS knoW'S what lie lIB talks about when he ho urges that the bandits terms be TO m t lor l'or the bandits at any rate rat business And Washington has declared that for tor their s IheI and safety th thu th Chinese government must answer Chevalier Musso an Italian of Shanghai Is still another held In Inthe inthe Inthe the bandits lair In the tho hills and Italy has satisfaction to demand from Poking Peking At least one Frenchman Emil Gensburger is a captive and has made representations to the central administration Manuel Manuet Versa Vorea and his wife Mex Me- Met Met- Mexicans also are among those who are arc waiting their release from the stronghold back Lock of S The Tha foreign throughout China shocked by this latest outrage have risen In protest protest pro- pro protest test against the condition of affairs that culminated near Suchow las morning Chambers ers of o commerce and other organIzations ha hae passed resolutions demanding for tor the protection of ot for tor- for foreign eign n travelers In the future and caustically critic criticising Ising the Peking government Sinister reports have been an t tIn In Peking Icking for several days that un- un unorganized un unorganized organized banditry was not aio- aio gether alo-gether gether responsible for the raid on the night express It Is 1 fred freel charged In some quarters that a apolitical apolitical political plot came to a head when the train was attacked at nt Its authors hoping that the kidnap kidnap- kidnap ln lug InA r of the foreign passengers WOUld embarrass the present resent regime a atthe at the capital |