The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-19
. TRAIL OF CRIME IN
CHINA is REPORTED
,DrRLE CONDITIONS EXIST
TE oTFP WIDE AREA. DEAD
pODIES LINE ROADS.

TIL 1SA-' -,
+ here say that Chinese bandits
CSN't t.tcn control of Tsingtao, Shan
nav Ktaochow port whose stormy
t"'s' IN the war and diplomacy was
'''' eliminate today in its return to
~ s,,a after "a years of alien rule the
II"'@ - under Germany and the last
first ~ Urder Japan. The population is
eight "a "a Aeeing from the city.
feR GI;ne from Tsingtao are said to be
lmdqd with refugees. n .
ro gS..'oso nolice sent from Peking to
JIM the city are reported to have
F take driven out of their barracks tf +o,a
been The bandits, according to the tele-
Inc demand 100000 ransom Tor
gfaHdI s,Iiyery of government ohclals
the, a naice in their hands. The out
ana P olso hold out for the appoint
laws al a. their chief as governor OF the
port Gi,s and residences are being loot
Sn oPb9 the dispatches say.
The 10000 japanese VINO Snr defend defendinp
r.ingtao unorganlzed for uet ent e
-. is"S eity apparently are impoteh' III
~. hs lace Of the menace.
JIG " Murder and Pillage.
,r:.h seven foreigners, four beng
n m,i, still being held IN captivl-
any C him., confesses its inability 10 con-
y, The the Chinese bandits, numOern Iss
t tn6o6 S"t and who are recruiting, more
luUv .a'ot I who, fully armed, are
con r,o;na across the province, leaving
SVeeP"s 81 fame, murder and pillagee'
fan ods are slain in each city which
u h mud oLe while dead bodies line all
auao ods All missionaries have fled
b s section in Honan south p OF ene
E ~ w river and west OF the FeKing
I snJo railway, while those few VINO
ia ann long the railway have been
yl mem f. depart. These include mis-
o on,r;rs at Hsuchow and Cheng-
Fn9 . i,rge bandit band is now moving
Ialst p for an attack on Nan
Toa'r ,;,, near the Hupeh border. :.
Forty missionaries ana theiL a Cd,
Is % IN western Hupch have Goa I
'ols in the hope of reaching HankoW'
u .sara n most missionaries IRON TINS sec
on have taken refuge: fo
y IT. situation everywhere is unsa1e'
u. Il" MISSIONS being burned after pc
III o;iiaged and men and women roDD-
! p pren of rings. while it seems
,;r,cIe that women are spared, since
binese OF both sexes are snown =; ~
nsrter Seven foreign caPttlveS are ~
otiable condition 90 miles west u
,ncbow and 70 miles south OF no 10
anin where the bandits are resting
J;is' attachments attack Nany,aanig III,
Torl Forsberg. of Moline, Ill, Is
,F F@rI from dysentery and is very
l'Ig ,.L;is Rev Anton Lundeen and B
E E5wards of Nebraska, are bare
=. A ond cIad only in Chinese rags
Fhev are suffering from verlllHl h D.td
Id frost bite. Einar Borgbreen IS helu
cantiyitv 20 miles from Mr.. fols-
arg and Rev. Mr.. Lundeen,. along
III his 5-vear-old son, who IS very
from exposure. Another detacn-
lent holds Father Grimaldi, Jesuit
Eb:ie two French engineers, captuirea
August, suffer most, one OF them
eng 90 wears of age. There seems
HE hone that these will survive Ile
inter mt "C Unless they are rescued. The
Bilitarv is planning to attack the
rongbolds where they are held cap, )
ne which means almost certain
bath Tor them.
Other Americans Have Fled
Other Americans who recently, heo
ere Mrs Theolina Trued SpedLeDur g
sister OF Thyra Lawson, OF alllgs-
wn. y. Y; Lille Kikner, OF MGaue'
eb.; Nels Benson and wlte, OF mas
gs. Mimi. and Miss Hilla Anuel
b. Of Minneapolis. Except Tor K IT;s
raan Carlberg, of Buxton, Ia; wa 4
Season, of Holdredge, NeD" anu anu
Bniel Kikner, OF Meade, Neb:,, WHO
ayely remain in the hope OF nDe. a :,
the captives, all other refugees III
L,,.o 70 pekInp.