of Terror Amongst Looting Soldiery: A Carefully Arranged Affair others cocked their rifles and others pressed their bayonets into Bide. "Satisfying themselves that I had no more money, they made no Attempt to carry off my belongings (by the way, Thad put on three of my best Zur gowns when T heard the first ghats) but they put a match to my mosquito netting, and left. After they had gone, T had to put out the fire and, in doing s0, T received a number of severe burns. Tt was money, money all the time. saw men and women being assaulted and kicked because they could produce no money. Tt was the first time T have seen soldiers esaault women so brutally.
"Outside, it was snowing and was bitterly cold but people ran streets in their' under-regardless of the weather long us they could find refuge, Shantung Leader Looted "It so happened that Gen. Chen -yuan (chairman of the Shantung Provincial Government) and his family were to leave that night for Tsinan and a special train had been arranged for them. This was packed with valuable articles. Chen was not present so his family wore told to get out and hand over their money and jewellery, after which the soldiers proceeded to loot the train, "It was a gruesome sight to see the bodies of dead policemen and Government soldiers lying'about the streets and they remained there all the next day.
"Gen. Ho Yao-tsu, of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's staff, had a very narrow escape. He came across from Nanking to see why-the soldiers had not boarded ship to go to Canton to fight against the Ivonsides as! arranged. Ho arrived at eight. o'clock and wanted to see Gen. Shi Vu-san, Upon being told that Shih was not there, he smelled a rat" ang decided to get back to Nanking as: quickly as possible. When ved atthe wharf, he found that.
Munch had been surrounded.
Soldiers canie up and demanded to know where the representative of the Commander-in-Chief was. Ho, all the time, was in the captain's cabin, but he jumped on to the ferry. Hsin-kuan ang let "himself down into-the coal bunker, where he took off his uniform, badges and other marks of rank and smeared himself coal. Then he went upstairs
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