The Archive · 1927

8,000 On One Ship

Shao Steamshig jetty is the scene of bustling excitement. Over 3,000 passengers boarded the ship. A grent many wealthy people are Teaving their homes for Shanghai on account, it {a said, of the systematic "inroads, by the new 'regime, into their cash bags. Just before the steamer set sail, military armed guard rushed on board to make a search. It had been reported that certain passengers were carrying firearms. For the time being there was a deal of excitement especially when about a dozen passengers were forcibly ejected and marched off to headquarters, expect, and not follow their own eecapying the places above monte This proclamation sorth the ruling in this (State) Geneaat, Ho Vine-v March 1927,

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