Bandits are still busy in the vicinity of Tientsin. A few days ago over 20 native junks carrying passengers from Tientsin to places in the Upper Valley of the Tzeya Ho were held up by bandits who were hiding the reeds on the northern bank of the river at Yangliuching. They seized all the cash and valuables, carried by the passengers besides kidnapping eight of them. The police and gendarmes are now searching for bandits, but so far no arrests have been made.
The Tientsin Municipal Treasury seems to be rather short of funds Owing "to the financial stringency the regular monthly remittance to the Provincial Treasury has amount-
Harbin, Aug. 28.
Demands for an apology by Soviet Russia for the recent arrests of Manchoukuo postmen, near the northeastern border of the new state were included in a note of protest handed by the local representative of the Manchoukuo Foreign Affairs De-artment, to the Soviet Consul-General here to-day.
The note also asks for guarantees against the recurrence such incidents snd for the punishment of the Soviet frontier guards, who are alleged to have seized the postmen, and the officers responsible for their conduct—Rengo.
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