Outrage Foochow, Jan. 5.
For Foochow the first few day's of 1932 have "been anything but a happy New Year. "First, the news from outlying districts has not been good, The cruel -impositions axes. in Futsing as in Changloh, including the efforts to force People to grow opiam, together with the inhuman and licentious conduct fof the troops, have aroused the! resentment ofthe people to bars ti Point. In one. place near Kaosanshih," the soldiers some time ago attacked a Wedding feast and ear-ied off the bride. When released (yo doubt after payment of a large sum of money) she was in such a condition that she soon succumbed to her injuries.
The people took no action at the time, but some weeks later" they invited the soldiers toa feast in large ancestral hall. five i from Kaoshanshih, in the course of which they closed and secured the doors, set fire to the building, burnt the" soldiers alive. forms of vengeance have been ployed, and pitched battles" have taken place, in which it seems that the soldiers have been worsted with hes ie
force is on its way to Futsing to ed) A, large quell the rebellion, but until som done to redress these griev-future koks gloomy.
On the other hand it is encour Ing to be able to tell of the release of, Miss Halverstadt, the American onery who was captured 20 miles from Foochow on Christmas She was handed over to her in Foochow on. the Chinese officials. fam. she is not much the worse for her lo experience. But the way in which her release was brought about throws a lurid light on the state of affairs. The mon who took her and fifteen Chinese from the launch near Kangeheng deny that they are bandits, They represent the Army"
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