Negotiations between representa tives of the families of the kidnapped victims of the Poo An and the pirates are reported to be pro-essing favourably in the south.
together nine victims were held the pirates, but two of them were yesterday reported to have escaped Shanghai with pirates' guards! from an-old temple in Swatow in which they had been imprisoned. Negotiations were about three Weeks ago after the repre-advertised in the Chinese papers in Hongkong, Car ton, and Swatow to try and get in touch with the pirates. Originally, the pirates asked for $15(ransom, but this sum is rep have been reduced. An carly release of the victims is expected.
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