Large Movement of Troops on the Railway Soochow, April 4. pin, yesterday an armed ery" took place within the city. The man of the family was stabbed to death and the robbers took quite a large amount of money and jewellery." Armed robberies within the are indeed rare and it has been any years since there has been a murder connected with an armed robbery within the city. Until noon to-day the robbers had not been found, For the last 24 hours there has. been a large movement of troops westward along the Shanghai-Naning Railway. All passengers trains have been greatly delayed by these troop Yesterday _the Wusih local, bringing the Shang! American School children home for their holidays, was almost two hours late in leaving Shanghai, because no engine could be secured. The train was then held up for about an hour at many of the stations and, instead lof arriving in Soochow at 6.18 p. arrived about midnight. We tru that this troop movement means the fulfilling of the promise to free lower Kiangsu from the curse of thousands of useless soldiers.
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