Soldiers Helpless Before Well-armed Outlaws Fuow 0 Own Contesroxnest Tsangchow, July 12.
Bandits are still in evidence all over the district and the tively with them. variably well armed with modern weapons, while the protectors of the people are poorly paid and quite inadequately equipped.
'A sensation has been caused locally this week by the kidnapping of one of Tsangchow's leading citizens, Mr. Sung Jui-fu, Chairman of the city Red Cross Society. The outrage took place at Tangkuant'un station, while on thin way back from business visit to Tientsin. He was evidently shadowed on the return journey, for, when the train was enter the station, two men engaged him in conversation on the platform of second-class car and between them they managed to push him off into the hands of accomplices beside the "track. The gang got clean away with their victim and his family are in great distress over his fate.
Tt was reported yesterday that a message, presumably from the bandits, had been received, asking member of the family to meet with their representative at Old Tsangchow, a village some 40 li the amount demanded be revealed. In consequence, the nerves of people both inside' and outside the city walls are decidedly "jampy", as is shown by frequent rifle shots at ight to war off possible: marau-
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