Saved by a Chinese Peace Prevation Commission at Hsinshih yom death or injury at the hands "f a band of outlaws that kidnapped them, three Japanese residents of Shanghai have returned here safe and sound and now are planning an attempt to rescue two fellow countrymen still reported to be in the hands of the bandits, according to local Japanese reports.
The three men, Mr. Goro Yamakawa, 41, Mr. Seisuke To ni, 48. and Mr. Masao Baku, 29, were kidnapped in the vicinity of Hsinshih, a hamlet about 30 miles north-east of Hangchow, on March 4, held four days and turned loose unharmed after the payment of a ransom to the brigands by the Hsinshih Commission.
Amount of the ransom was previously' reported to have been $12,090, although the bandits were said to have nonchalantly demanded $100,000 when they first started negotiating with the Hsinshih officials.
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