The Archive · 1938

Pirate Scourge Off

Woosung Shanghai, Sept, 7 Small bands of pirates again are active outside Woosung, around an area known among Chinese sailors as Zoshan, Chinese reports stated yesterday,' A number of cargo junks plying between Shanghai and Ningpo were recently pirated by these marauders who not only seized the foods, but the vessels as well resulting in a refusal among some of the junk owners to carry goods for Ningpo. Unlike the powerful and well-organized pirate ans' which prey upon big coasters, these pirates hide themselves anion small isles outside Woosung and seize only Junks and small boats.

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