A Leading Japanese Murdered:
Troops Quite Useless: cuna: C. E, R. Terrorized Harbin, June 28.
The sivwation as regards the Hunghutzes is daily becoming more threatening. Reports of fresh outrages from the Chinese Eastern Railway continue to flow in. Although troops have been despatched to Imianpo and other places, the situation does not improve as it is said that these troops do not proceed much farther than the railway station and the Hunghutzes have ample opportunity of escaping in the bush, where they remain hidden until the troops depart.
in some cases, however, the Hunghutzes, nothing daunted, have continued their outrages and collected ransoms from the terrified population and ownéfs of concess-[ious in spite of the actual presence of the troops.
Yesterday evening a despatch was received at the Railway Office to the effect that a prominent Japanese merchant was murdered at Hantacchedzi. Although the fact of this murder has been officially condrmed, it is not yet definitely {known who the murderers were. There is no doubt, however, that they we Chinese. presumably Although no new outrages have been committed by the Hunghuizes along the river, people refrain from taking long pleasure trips during week ends, fearing an attack. Some of the people living in the country places along the line ara returning to Harbin and the trains leaving for various points up the line, which were generally crowded on Saturdays, are leaving Harbin with very few passengers on board.
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