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...sure, however," he added, "we did have a lot of thrills of the kind you mean. The provinces of Honan, Chensi and Chansi are infested with rascally bandits, discharged soldiers, especially around Loyang. In the western provinces, the bandits are no less numerous, but here they are Mohammedans who are called Chanto, or turban-people, by the Chinese. Any one of these would stick you in the back for 20 cents, but they are a rough, genial sort, and are a problem to the Chinese in Kansu. Around the Yellow River and Huang Ho, Field Marshal Wu Bel Fu rules...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINDS BUDDHIST ART IN WILDS OF CHINA | 5/8/1924 | See Source »

...sure, however," he added, "we did have a lot of thrills of the kind you mean. The provinces of Honan, Chensi and Chansi are infested with rascally bandits, discharged soldiers, especially around Loyang. In the western provinces, the bandits are no less numerous, but here they are Mohammedans who are called Chanto, or turban-people, by the Chinese. Any one of these would stick you in the back for 20 cents, but they are a rough, genial sort, and are a problem to the Chinese in Kansu. Around the Yellow River and Huang Ho, Field Marshal Wu Bel Fu rules...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONE INNING SPOILS ROBINSON'S RECORD | 5/8/1924 | See Source »

...sure, however," he added, "we did have a lot of thrills of the kind you mean. The provinces of Honan, Chensi and Chansi are infested with rascally bandits, discharged soldiers, especially around Loyang. In the western provinces, the bandits are no less numerous, but here they are Mohammedans who are called Chanto, or turban-people, by the Chinese. Any one of these would stick you in the back for 20 cents, but they are a rough, genial sort, and are a problem to the Chinese in Kansu. Around the Yellow River and Huang Ho, Field Marshal Wu Bel Fu rules...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WORCESTER SCHOOLBOYS TROUNCE SCRUBS 6-1 | 5/8/1924 | See Source »

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