British-American 'Tobacco' Ca. returning from Pengpu with 6 Chinese, all travelling in. ties Just north of the city, Mr. Asmus came on ahead of the others. A few minates after he crossed the ferry over the Salt Canal, north of her his men were met by nine others, two of them openly wearing their uniforms. They were stopped and bag-axe and persons Tooted, even rings taken from. the Chinese. Mr.
Asmus's interpreter was fired at point blank but dodged the pistol atthe next moment war felled with a lub, knocking him wneoncious. Six of the men had auto. mat pistols. Several thousand dollars' worth of loot was taken, including the personal effects of Mr. Aamus. To show that the men were soldiers, they gave as their excuse that the men were smuggling arms and ammunition, because Mr, Asmus had with him his rifle and ammoni tion. "His official "permit. to. carry same was not noted, What the ultimate end of conditions here will be is hard to deter-Mine. "The soldiers certainly seem to have the upper hand, without control, and without any' apparent desire but the acquiring of bad re-Dtations and foot. Several days Jago the writer saw' soldier openly leading a cow to the market. All believe that he bought her, please stand on their heads! the DARING ARMED ROBBERY
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