Swooping down by night on a stranded ship guarded by Chinese oldiers, 500 bandits carried off eight boat-loads of loot, leaving behind two dead and five wounded men.
The raid, which caused considerable stir in official quarters, occurred on July 12 at a place about 53 miles above Ichang.. The neighbourhood had been well patrolled and free from bandits for months.
The s. Yung Hun, which flew the flag of the Sino-Italian Yangtze Navigation Ca. until recently, was the vessel attacked. She left here for up-river with a large quantity Scenes of damage in Almeria, the Spanish city, after the bombardment by German warships as a reprisal for the bombing of the German cruiser Deutsch French Taxes Called in Immediately All taxes must be paid forthwith, according to a new gov ment decree issued this evening.
Another decree authorizes muni-everything already taxed by the state.—Reuter. neb frane weak in London,
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