fasure and cash totalling over 1000, personal jewellery valued at $50,000 and mich merchandise have been stolen by Taihu Lake pirates in an unprecedented wave of Piracy which has swept over Soochow. Creek and. other nearby waterways but a few miles from the In wil Settlement of Shanghai during the past six weeks, ac-Jeording to a survey completed here Apr. 10 in semi official. Chinese In addition to the loot a score or more of Chinese children have been kid-mapped for ransom by the mar-
All governmental authority along these busy marine " thoroughfares leading to Wusich and the other populous communities of the great Lake district has broken down comit is maintained, while the tection existing is what Detailed figures showing the number of officers and men on parade fare shown below. The Russian Regiment did not have all their men on parade, some being on guard duty, while there were present amongst the spectators several nerve officers and men of the Corps. victims include the most humble of war refugees, seeking a new place lof safety with their few remaining belongings, as well as wealthy merchants fleeing from the interior to-wands Shanghai with their aculated treasure, Conditions now are the worst ight Battery Amerienn Ca. Philippine Portuguese Ca, Japanese. Ca. Chinese Ca, [Shanghai Scottish Ca, ever prevailed on Soothe memory ials, it is declared, due also, to some extent, to the fact that travellers find if difficult now to. hire trustworthy guards who have not been corrupted by. the pirates. to facilitate their raids, The result is thet the transport of valuables and merchandise to and from the Taihu ko district practically is paralysed at the present time, with the nuerchants vainly seeking some solu. tion to the problem. Although willing to pay a tax to the bandits in return for freedom from molest. tion, the merchants now declare that even this system has proven fruit. less, as the marauders will not stand by their word,
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