The ship's armoury, eight revolvers, (three Winchesters, find. a sporting was removed by the pirates.
Apart from robbing them, the pirates.
ade no attempt to molest to whom they were oat age. act aria, tate ence into Sie eas 2 pao uso rtd Arrival Tsingtao Tsingtao, June 20.
the s. Shuntien arrived here at 630 o'clock this morning and left] for Shanghai at 1130 am. after Mr. H. F. Handley-Derry, the British Constl-General at Tsingtao, Mrs. Handley-Derry, Mrs. R. R. Hutcheon, wife of one of the assistant managers of the Asiatic Petroleum Co.'s branch fat Tientsin, her two small sons, and Mr. F.C. Isomonger, Chief of Police fof the British Concession in Tientsin, amit Dryers Reet a nant on a See Btn tie ets ae Sy a Sack, SE Batt Siactitet: Arist soa Bib ce aace lar a oe of Sie Soir atciats cert iwo for the purpose of opening negotia~ tions with the British sand Chinese authorities at Tsinanfu.
These two captives were rescued by floatplanes which landed near the sampan snd took them to HMS. Eagle. Meanwhile heavy fire had been opened from the ground abreast of the group of junks on the other Aireratt sent to investigate, in spite fof the fact that no offensive action had been taken by them. One of the aircraft was hit through the main wing and it was necessary to return the fire.
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