Mukden, Aug. 23.
A band of some twenty bandits, strongly armed, appeared at a place about one Chinese li south of eng railway station yester-[day at about 8.30 p.m. The bandits forced their way into the house of JJenji Kobayashi, a Japanese farmer, and made him captive, extorting game Yen 200. Upon an urgent report, Japanese police, rie, and garrison forces Haicheng and Tahsichao were immediately mobilized to secure the release of the capture—Rengo.
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