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Wednesday, July 9, 1936,
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HIGHEST SINCE 1922. .
POSITION IN INDIA.
London May 15.
London, Yesterday.
countrywomen in the Etations of India.
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has
Last Sunday night the Wanchai Police arrested three Chinese fol-I The total number of unemployed Uncertainty and lack of news are
in Great Britain on lowing a "Red" demonstration on i
June 30 ex-stern tests of the courage of ear ceeded 1,890,000, registering the new reclamation. The men jump of 75,000 over the previous were transferred to Headquarters week, and is the highest since Janu- for interrogation, but no action was ary, 1922-Reuter. taken against them in Court
Inquiries made by a Chine Mail | representative this morning as to: the outcome of Police investiga- tions elicited the information that no charge will be preferred against any of the three men, who have succeeded in establishing their claim that they are bona fide resid- ents of the Colony,
MR. ABEND..
STRONG ATTACK IN A WEEKLY PAPER.
UNWANTED FRANKNESS.
Peking, June 23. It appears that in the confusion | Mr. Hallett Abend, China Cor- which attended the arrival of the respondent of the New York Times, Police, at the height of the demon- has returned to Shanghai and is stration, the real instigators of expected to arrive here shortly. Mr. the affair managed to get away and Abend is still denied cabling pri- the three men, who were mere look-vileges by the Nanking Government ers-on, were arrested on suspicion. and it is understood that as soon as The demonstration took place ho arrives he will negotiate with shortly before seven o'clock, on Sun- the Northern authoritjes for re- day evening, when, headed by stan- storation of his Pross card cancelled dard bearers with red rags tied by Nanking last summer, In case to poles, a crowd of Chinose raced he succeeds in this effort, it is con across the reclamation to Johnstone sidered likely that he will make his Road. Here they throw stones at headquarters in Peking. the trams, holding up the service On arrival in Shanghai about 10 for a short time until the Police days ago Mr. Abend gave out an
arrived on the scene, and restored
order.
After the crowd had melted the Police found on the reclamation a basket full of papers believed to be
of a seditious mature.
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HONG KONG EXCAVATION CO. SUMMONED.
business in the United States, the
Now that the hot weather started women and children on the plains have to spend the greater part of the day inside their bungalows, with doors and windows tightly shut to keep out the scorch- ing heat. During these long hours, while their menfolk are away at their offices or down in the lines, they have much time to dwell on the disturbing reports of the rioting which has broken out in many parts of the country.
At a
At the first sign of any unrest in India, the officer commanding each station issues orders as to what is to be done in an emergency. glven signal-usually the firing of three guns-all women and children are immediately to leave their bungalows and proceed to the fort or the club, where. troops will be detailed to guard them..
One can be certain that by now, in many a bungalow, suitcases are
laid by all ready packed, and pro- bably a thin basket as well, Alled with biscuits and other tinned supplica
As a common-sense measure, too,
interview in which he said that big white women will have been warned heads of great banking houses and against any expeditions which will the executives of world-wide indus- take them in the vicinity of the trial concerns centring in America native bazaar. Except for Caluutta, are becoming keenly interested in there have been no instances report- China as a potential market and aset where British women have been a result of this interest are begin- molested, but it would be foolhardy ning to discuss the advisability of anywhere, with native feeling run- some form of international action ning as high as it is at the moment, designed to put an end to China's for any such risks to be taken. civil wars.
In the main, it may be said that This was at once interpreted by servants of the class. employed in the Chinese Press in Shanghal and Army and Civil Services households Nanking as indicating that Mr. are not likely to be affected. There The Hong Kong Excavation, Pile Abend advocates international Inter, are, of course,.exceptions, but as a of natives, Driving and Construction Co., was vention in Chinese affairs and dur general rule children
are trained to to-day aummoned before Mr. R. E.ing the last ten days there has been serving the sahibs Lindsell that they, between May 23 and June 8, did commit a breach of a condition of their dynamite
CASE ADJOURNED.
storing licence by failing to have a guard to watch their No. 11 magazine at Aberdeen,
Mr. C. Shank, who answered the summons on behalf of the Company,
strong Press campaign against follow in their fathers' footsteps. him, culminating in an editorial They are faithful, and they recogn rhe Return of an Unwanted Guest otherwise, of such service, and a attack in the China Critic entitled ise the advantages, material and
to China."-Kuo Wen.
regard with contempt those who uphold sedition and the abolition of the sahibs' rule.
"What brings sae mony o' you
British women realise at the pre- Irish deevils owre here?" demand-sent time how essential it is for told the Magistrate that they haded the old farmer of a sturdy 'son them to keep up appearances." They all along employed two guards. of Erin.
must carry on their normal scheme Mr. Lindsell; So you plead "not
of life-the visits to the club, their guilty 7"--Yes.
games, and their social engage- ments; for were any of these to cease it would be noted immediately and be regarded by the nativa lost?" population as a sign of loss of con- fidence which would react. un- "'Our daily bread," anrl" replied favourably on the white woman's the Irishman.
prestige. Daily Mall.
Well, Bor, It's like this," exclaim ed Dennis. "We've lost a portion Mr. T. Murphy A.S.P. then in ay the Lord's Prayer in the ould formed the Magistrate that Sub-country, an' we've come over to try Inspector Shaftain, the prosecuting an' find it." officer, was on sick leave, and naked for a remind.
Mr. Lindsell fixed hearing of the gase for noon on Monday.
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