Eight Injured by Three Intruders Peiping, Jan, 4.
An attempt was made to hold up the" Peiping: dfukden express near Litanchow "yesterday afternoon "aad ended tu eight persons being injured, {Wo or them "seriously. "Three men, travelling a passengers, Boarded the train. near. Lumnehow. "Producing Fovolvers, ey took charge of the Giningsear and, demanded thst the Jesptain of the train crew should go forward' and order the engineer 4 halt the train, "He refused and, while the argument was going on, Japanese tvain-guards entered Ue ear, where: on fung Began.
"One of the three Intruders was hit, "but'ho and his two. companions tinaly escaped by jumping from the moving' train. The injured included 4a) Japanese "gendarme, a Japenese Bassenser, and five. Chinese passenfers, lid two. petty seriously me Reuter, i Lepebad Tientsin, Jan, 4.
Reports received here state that the three men responsible for the affray belong to the Peace Preservation Corps in the autonomous state of East Hopel. They are alleged to have demanded" that the express be brought to a halt so as to allow them to disembark at Changehlachwang, where it normally does not et song opposition "the horde jas'a' resi of whirl "they turned Found and began' to re: reat norlbe
fon December 28, fight "They were folk were followed by troops and, between ifengkiane ant Kianayang in south-west Hunan, while" the situation at Chihkiany, a nearby town, was reported to Lo tense as it was feared that that city might be-[come involved.
The provincial government was tasked to provide protection for foreigners in that Chihkiang area. It known that there are nine Amerl-Jean missionaries in Chihkian Heavy troop movements from other paris of Hunan towards Chihkians fare reported—Reuter,
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