A Thousand Murdered at Chingsucheng A serious Communist uprising occurred in a village outside the west gate of Chu "Chi, Chekiang, veral day, reports the stern Times." According to this journal, 3,000 farmers of the: district, instigated by Communists, staged an uprising and disarmed the members of the Public Safety Bureau of the San Tu Village. Then they conducted a systematic search of the wealthy farmers' houses and took away everything of value. During the looting, a member of the village defence force attempted lo resist, but was killed outright.
In another village, the farmers burned the house of one Chow Lan-tan, whose son was formerly subordinate officer of Gen. Chien Tah-chun, former Garrison Commissioner of Shanghai, Upon re tot this report, the district magistrate sent a company of the ence preservation' corps. stationed in the city to engage'the Reds and, after a brief engagement, two farmers were killed, two were taken prisoner, while hundreds were; wounded, the remainder feeing in.
directions. Merchants of the} Gistriet are greatly alarmed and they have telegraphed to the Ché- Kiang. Provincial Government, asking that troops be at once sent to protect the people.
A Tsingkiangpy telegram to the Sinwanpao" says that, Chingsucheng, a town on the' Kiangsa-Anhai border, fell into the hands bandits on April 26. A horrible massacre took place, the toJei murdering more than 1,000 Persons and kidnapping 1,000 others. Ah the houses in the town were bent, the -telegram says. The:
bers of the gang came from ing and they had in possession about 100 ponies, 30 machine-guns and many rifles." They sere very Cruel to the people and particularly Varbaroas in. the treatment women, the telegram concludes.
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