Dastardly Murder of Official in Southern Province While Motoring: The Corpse Recovered: Others' Fortunate Escape and Safe Arrival in Lungchow Peking, Nov. 2.
Bandits killed MIN, Robert, French Consul at Lungchow, on October 31, while he was motoring from Lung: chow to Lungson, Indo-Chin Robert. was accompanied by Cadet, an administrator in the! French colonial service.
'A-gang of bandits or pirates attacked them 25 kilometres. from Lungchow (in Kuangsi), whence they had started early in the morning.
"The Chinese authorities, hearing of the news, sent a battalion of [troops who arrived on' the spot: at two o'clock. in the afternoon, They found -Robert's corpse in a.groye; pierced by two bullets, one in the head and the other in.the stomach; 'M. Cadet "and the Annamite chauffeur were dragged away by the bandits, but managed: to escape. and, after' 24 hours' exhausting walking' in the hills, they arrived safely at the French Consulate at Lungchow on the night of Novem: ber 1. and school girls out but then no foreigner was able to accompany them, We are making another at-tempi to-morrow and I hope that} at least we will get the ladies and children away. In all there were 39 foreigners, of whom 18 are Bi tish; a week ago Mrs. Shorrock died of typhoid fever. Conditions within the city are very terrible, there is much disease and it is said lover 100 die every day of starvation, Many fall on the streets, unable to rise again, The soldiers go from house to house in squads looking for food, and fuel is very searce. Trees have all been cut} down, Our mission paid $300 to be allowed to retain a few trees for the missionaries' use, but notwithstanding, the soldiers have taken them since. One day before noon three different squads of—soldiers came to Mr, Shorrock's house in
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