300 Men Sent from Tientsin in Persuit Tientsin, Nov. 21.
Two Japanese have been kidnapped by 400'mutinous Chinese militiamen, who seized a train between Shanhal< Kuan and Tienisin last night and, after robbing the passengers, escaped into the interior." A force of 800 Japanese troops have been sent in pursuit of them. The mutineers originally tool eight hostages, but Inter Uberated all of them with the exception of the two Japanese.
The militiamen belong to a unit of the Peace Preservation Corps of Mr. Yin Ju-keng's East Hopel "autonomous" government, against which they revolted a fow days avo, Yesterday, they marched to the railway, boarded 'a mixed train proceeding southwards from Shanhaikuan, disarmed the rally way guard and robbed the passengers of cash, valuables and other. pos-
'When' they left the train at Wal, cast of Tangshan, after travelling about 100 miles, they took with them six Chinese railway police, a Japanese gendarmerie affeer and a Jupané ese civilian believed to be an ad viser to the Bast Hopel regime, ceeded to Kaiping, where they disembarked and set out in search of the The disaffection of the militia was duo to the dismissal of their commander, Chao Lei, by Mr. Yin Jue eng, head of the mots regime—Reuter
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