by Pirates Hongkong, Dec. 23.
Pirates, believed to Include members. of the notorious Blas Bay. gang, looted the Chinese coastal steamer Tal Lee near Amoy on Sunday whilst she was fon her way to Chuanchow, Fukien, The pirates, it was learned, took ashore, near Bias Bay, two hostages from the ship and loot estimated at £2,000. British naval vessels in the vicinity have been apprised of the piracy and fare searching for the pirate ang's hide-out—United Press. yuan, Readers of dally papers have been considerably excited and very easy over the situation in North China, The papers were full of reports of various kinds from Peiping. and Tientsin, and imagination ran wild, 'The ebb and flow of tenseness posed, depends on the news from the two large North China cities. 'There no desire to this province for auto-amy in the north unless it be with 'a few who think they might have opportunity There are' few and far bet wi There ig a strong desire among the educated for unity in China concur ring with the statements of the unlversity chancellors and presidents of Peiping in which they said there was desire for autonomy from Nanking and who appealer to the Nanking Government to use all if its energies to keep the country intact.
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