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A SWISS CITIZEN IN "DURANCE
MR. ELLY WIDLER STILL HELD AS PRISONER BY CHINESE
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THREATS OF TORTURE AND DEATH,
So many outrages upon foreigners in the interior of China bave occurred dur ing the past few months, that it is not
likely, says the 34. Daily News, that the case of a Swiss citizen, Mr. Elly "Widler, imprisoned by the Chinese mili- j tary authorities in Szechuan, has latterly- escaped the attention of the public. Mr. Widler," when a resident of Chungking. was arrested by order of General Yang Seu as far back as September 10th. The charge against him was of arms smug. gling, and to start with a ransom of $200,000 was asked. This has not been paid, arid Me. Widler still remains prisoner.
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The following summary of his experi- ences has been rompiled from letters received by "his relatives in Shanghai. Whether Mr. Widler was innocent or guilty we dither káos nor is it the point of the story.
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On September 10th armed soldiers rushed into the Cosmos Chub owned and managed by Mr. Widler at Chungking and at the point of loaded rifles captured Mr. Widler, bound him and took him to the Magistrate's yamen in the city of Chung king. Following his capture a maid was Made un the Cosmins Club by officials of the Chungking Foreign Office, and all movable valuables and money were taken to the Foreign Office Headquarters in Chungking City. Later in the day Mr. Widler's private residence situated on the hill behind the Customs "quarters was completely looted of its contents. In their raid on the Cosmos Club-on-the pretence of looking for arms the Chinese found three sporting rifles and two pis- tols, property which Mr. Widler had
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After a week's detainment as prisoner in the yamên of the Magistrate he was brought on trial hefore the Magistrate and an official of the Chungking Foreign Chefoo Office. It was a mock trial. He was Dairen threatened with being bambooed and Bailar killed. The Magistrate of Chungking. asking him in open court, whether he would feel the pain or not when ham booed, adding, "I can hamhoo you and have you shot, do you understand At this trial the Magistrate compelled My. Widler to give up the keys of his safe and personal boxes. This he did. Mr. Widler was accused of selling arms to the Southern Tentiers Then followed weeks of imprisonment, Mr. Widler being marched through the streets of Chung- king, bound and heavily guarded, from one yamên to the other.
Then came the advance of the Southern Generals and Yang Sen prepared, for, retreat. All things lected and inken from" the Cosmos Club, including more than $3,000 in money, hundreds of clocks and" watches, curios and merchandise were handed over to General Yang Sen who
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was also handed over. Later Mr. Widler was asked to buy his release, and $200,000 was asked, otherwise he was informed that he would be shots Then came the day of defeat and Yang Sen had to evacuate Chungking On November 18th, after spending weeks in a dirty military gaol, he was forced out, cruelly hound, and made to march with Yang Sen's re- treating army all the way from "Chung- king to Wanhsien- 10 days' tramp. He was lasighed at, mocked at and illtreated hy the soldiers and numerous ex-bandits in General Yang Sen's army.
At Wanhsien he was put into a filthy public gaol, and there he still renjina.
[The Swiss Consul-General at Shanghai states that the Federal Government have refused to recognise him 21 Swing citizen on the groum that he was unable to establish his claim to Swiss citizen- ship.]
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General Li Tso chang, civil governor of Honen and chief adjutant to Marshal Wa Peifu, has reported the suicide of Mr. Wu Su, a foreign-educated student, who has been acting as Industrial Commission- er of Henan in Kaifeng since last Spring with satisfaction. According to the des patch, the cause of the Industrial Com-
· missionur'a death bis
was alleged dissatis faction with the
the Chinese political *COTTIP- tion and the general instability of the country and he commited suicide quietly on the morning of the Chinese lunar new year day in his own room. He left only about five hundred dollars worth of pro
and two sons are now
perty and his Mr. Jen, the acting
being supportel
Industrial Commissioner.. who divides his salary between himself arul his late friend The decensed offein is a distant relative of Marshal Wu who has been deeply im pressed
by his untimely death because be was appointed to, his present post of re- sponsibility by his recomendation last year. In the present time of fierce
strug gle for money and power amongst the higher officials of this country it is a very rare occurrence for a man in Wu Su's position to commit suicide because of politica dissatisfaction. The deceased was educated in America and he was only thiry five at the time of his death.- Asiatic News Agency,"
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In decorating a pensioned messenger with the O.B. Sir Lionel Earle, per- manent secretary of the Board of Works, said that the decoration is recognised 23 the Victoria Cross of civil life."
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