The Archive · 1925

Women Burnt

Fnom Our Own Comtesroxvent, Chinkiang, Oct. 81.

On 24 launches and 120 smaller' native craft, all of which had been commandeered, early this morning 1,500 soldiers' crossed the Yangtze and sailed up the Grand Canal. It ig said their destination is Tsing-kiang pa.

'A Chinese teacher from a market town 25 miles south of Chinkiang called this week. He said that he knew of one village near Chiuyonz where groups of armed soldiers had made three visits, each time intimidating the people and taking away barns proved fatal.

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