Amoy, Oct. 25.
Three hundred persons are stated to have been killed on Quemoy by the bombardment from men-of-war and aeroplane bombs. The Chinese papers give a far higher number. The local militia who began the trouble were all killed, but the whole thing was pre-arranged because the Japanese were accompanied by Formosans who were familiar with the geography, of the island. These pointed out the houses of the inhabitants who were said to be moderately well off and these people were seized and compelled to give up their money. Villages were ransacked and all rice and food stuffs were taken away.
Fowls, pigs, goats, sheep and cattle, the latter being plentiful on the island, were also taken to the ships. Soldiers remained in possession of the island. One local governor fled to Kulangsu and on his way was seized by soldiers of the 128th Division and) sent to Tongan a prisoner. This forenoon another island adjoining Quemoy: was shelled by warships and troops were landed. Twenty-eight war ships are now lying outside the harbour.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.