Refugee fells Tale of Rapine and Slaughter: Entrance to]
City Obtained Through Ruse 'Telling a most distressing tale of plunder, incendiarism, murder and rapine, Mr. Hsu Shao-kuan, one of the last residents of the tow ship of Liyang, near Chinkiang, described toa" representative of the "North-China Sunday News,' upon his arrival here, how home town was captured by a combined force of bandits and Communists, how it was recaptured, and how it again fell Sto the hands of the Maraudei Mr, Hsu, who told his story tears rolling def his face, has sought refuge here, having barely escaped with his life, His family has been broken up, his home burnt.
yang is doomed. Liyang is no Gur town has been. burt down.
Hundreds of our leading citizens have been kidnapped. Severfal thousand men, women and child-yen of all ages have been brutally. murdered, Liyang was captured by combined force of bandits and Communists. Then it was recapture ed by Government troops and now, T have learned since arriving in Tanyang, the reds and tufei have taken it again and they are still in control," he said.
Bare mention was made in the vernacular press a few days ago that the Government forces had yeeaptured the town, but no details' were given as to whom it had been captured by. and so absolutely strange to the soldiers that the robbers succeeded!
making good their escape.
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