On July 22 Hargrave collapsed and hed to be carried into a village. Six days later they were instructed to write to Panshan demanding '3600,000 and the release of the bandits' relatives held prisoners by the Authorities. Intermediaries arrived on August 2, but the bandits' mood Yemained surly, expressing contempt for the "paltry" sum offered. About, this. time 'a Manchoukuo soldier, pinioned and blindfolded, appeared among the band.
Towards the middle of August pirates stated that the capri would soon be free, as they could not carry on after the ten-foot Yaoliang had been out, -A broadside of shots was aimed at the from houses hidden among the trees. Long, almost unendurable of disappointment followed while the captives lay in farmhouses ws for the long delayed negotiators.
reassuring letter from the British Consul arrived on September 2, however, and on September 7 the captives were visited by two Manchoukuo representatives who came to make sure they were the right fen before any money changed hands. Tense moments were still to come, but. on September 7 the three officers were at last led to a house occupied by Japanese and Manchoukuo officials, and after a rough Sourney reached Panshan by night. Next morning an armoured train took them to Yinkow, where they were officially handed over.
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