Goods Traffic Suspended by the Shanghai, Feb. 8.
According to despatches from Hankow. bandits are displaying rear activity Ju the region between Changsha and Hsiangtan where. they fire on every steamer passing. through.
On February 1, the Ume Maru, 'a tugboat owned "by the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha, was attacked by a large gang of bandits at Chinchiwan. below Changsha, while proceeding. up-stream towing a lighter. The outlaws fired shots on the boat furiously and forced her to stop. The No, 2 laodah was seriously injured in the head. The bandits stole several hundred dollars in cash and other goods. After wholesale looting, the bandits released the, Ume Mara, which put into Hankow on the night of February 3, In view of navigation on that part of the river becom dangerous owing to the these people, the N.K.K. has decided to suspend transportation of goods to Changsha and Hsiangtan for the time being. As gunboats are unable to navigate on that part of the river due to lowness of the water, the Chinese authorities find it well-nigh impossible to suppress these
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