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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1932.
MANCHUKUO AND JOURNALISTS.
FOREIGN BANK'S CLAIM.
NEW ARMED FORCE
AUTHORITIES SEEKING TO QUESTION OF LIMITED CO.
SAVE FACE.
LOCAL BANDITS STILL BUSY.
RAISED IN SHANGHAI.
in France, resulting in a loss of
FOR SHANGHAL
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Greater Shanghai will soon have force of Special Constabulary.. (Pas An Tui) of its own to nug ment the strength_of_the_police of the Bureau of Public Safety. It will consist of two units of 1,500 men each, equipped and trained. somewhat along the lines of the ! Russian Regiment of the Shanghai
drawn in August, 19, before the cap band of the police will wear Yi Da Co, had completed its re black bands. gistration as
limited liability
An action for the recovery of 137,000 francs, equal to approxi Harbin,-June 23-Tix case of the mately $26,000, was brought by the two correspondents Dr. Liaut and Banque de l'Indo-Chine against Mr. Archibald Steele, is
three Chinese merebants in the still occupying the attention of the pub. Shanghai Special District Court. lic, while a "battle royal" is going The defendants were not represent on between the French Consuled by any lawyer and applied for General and the Manchukuo autho- an adjournment of the case, which ritics. The assistant Chief of the was granted by the Court Harbin Foreign Department, Mr. The plaintiffs, represented by Dr. Sugibara, insisted on the demands L. Yang, of the law firm of | of the Changchun government being Mesars. Yeh & Co., told the Court Municipal Council. This force of fulfilled, but the French Consul that the defendants were directors special constables probably will be General has refused to discuss them of the Li Da Co., Ltd., & Chinese stationed in small groups in the until the police have returned all company which was organised in
outlying districts within the aren papers and photographs taken from June, 109, but the registration of Dr. Lindt's room and sent a letter which was not completed imtil of Greater Shanghai. They will be of apology for their intrusion
October 22, 1928, The plaintiffs' so equipped and placed that they In an interview Dr. Lindt had lajn, counsel stated arose from will be able to concentrato at a with Mr. Sugihars demanding the three drafts which were drawn by return of his papers, the latter
the company on a buyer in France moment's notice, ready for action. stated that Dr. Lindt should apolo for a shipment of raw silk to that against handits or other lawless gise for having gone to see General country, The above company dis-elements. Ma Chan Shan, without the permie counted the drafts at the plaintiff
It is proposed that the detach- sion of Manchukuo, Mr. Sugihara bank, but the buyer in France later
ment of special police from Peiping stated that as the League Enquiry went into bankruptcy and TAR Commission had not been permitted unable to take delivery of the silk shall be incorporated into the Pao to go, Dr. Lindt also had no right or to pay, the drafts. By mutual An Tui of Shanghai and for the to do so, but Dr. Lindt pointed our arrangements, the silk was re-sold remainder of the force men who that there was no war declared, and 137,993 francs. In 1030, the Yi Da have had military and police train- therefore Press correspondents could
Co, also went into liquidation. ing will be recruited and given fur- go anywhere they liked without permits.
Dr. Yang continued that his her training under expert instruc- Finally the papers and photo-loss from the three directors of the
clients now sought to recover the tors. Preparations are being made graphs taken from Dr. Lindt's room yi Da Co, because the latter should to include mounted units, motor- have been returned with the excepbe held individually responsible for cycle squads, and possibly armoured tion of all the visiting cards of the payment of such loss. Counsel car sections. The men will wear Chinese which he had received on then gave two reasons in support of khaki uniform in both summer and the trip and during his stay in his arguments. Firstly, he stated, winter, but instead of the white, Manchuria and also one photograph one of three draft involved was of General Ma Chan Shan. Amongst the papers returned there was however, a paper in English evi- dently intended for the use of the police interpreter, as it contained all the questions that should be put to Dr. Lindt at his examination, and from their tenor it was quite vident that the military author ties wished to get information on. yuns, soldiers, etc., which General Ma Chan Shan had. This interest ing document rather upset the authorities who had not noticed it when returning Lindt's papers. The dante failed to institute bankruptcy Secondly, counsel said, the defen- French Consul-General insisted proceedings when the Yi Da Co. a written apology which the police had lost half of its capital. could not give without referring law governing companies provides to Changchun and there the matters that when a company has lost half stamis today. It seems rather 2 of its capital, its directors are surd to demand the handing over of documents which have been copied and sent all over the world a week ago, but ne Changchun de mands them, the local police must do as they are instructed. The bluff as regarda deporting the two men
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The Pac An Tui is a "Peace Pre- company, A limited liability com-servation Corps" and not intended be treated as such when its regis-under the direct control of the pany, counsel contended, could only for national: defence tration was completed and the Mayor of Shanghai, but will work Da Co., before the completion of in close-operation with the police. its registration, was nothing but partnership and therefore its direc tors should be treated as partners and held responsible for the pay ment, of loss to plaintiffs.
The
under an obligation to instituto bankruptcy proceedings and their failure to do so will render then- elves tulividually liable for tha payment of the company's debtė,
Kas died down, the authorities now till & ara., this being done, it be trying to find some means of getting ing stated, for the purpose of out of the trouble without losing rounding up bandits. The bandits face. This will be difficult as the of Harbin district have botter in- foreign consuls show no signs of formation than the authorities of relaxing.
what plans the latter are arrang- Both Lindt and Steele are staying ing and any order issued to patrol at the Moderne Hotel and waiting the streets, or other mensures adopt- the end of the whole affair which ed, are known to them at once, has become a world-wide scubation,
certainly not to the credit of the thus they are able to avoid being Manchukuo,-who-are-anxious-to-be caught Further west-kidnapping recognized, and will not be, as long and robbery cases are carried out. as they pursue such tacties.
More Military Law,
Yesterday afternoon Another Swiss gentleman was subjected to
in broad daylight, therefore the precautions being taken`at night will not assist in catching the
criminal element
similar treatment as Dr. Lindt re- Last night three lads were kid. ceived, but this time on the part of napped about two miles up th the Japanese and not the lluinn river, in sight of many people who detectives of the Manchukue govern were walking on the bank and who ment Mr. Rikli of the Ufa Film Co. having received permission from reported the matter to the police. the Japanese Military Command in son of Mr. Galinpolsky, the best One of the lads is the 17 years old Harbin to take photographs of the known insurance agent in Harbin, serodrome and Japanese troos for many years representative off drove out to the aerodrome with his the American Underwriters' Associa- camera. On arriving there he was tion. The amount of ragsom re instantly arrested by the Japanesequired is not yet known, but it will gendarmerie who nooh-poohed his
run into thousands. The spot where military permit. He was kept un-
the Inds were kidnapped is called. der arrest for three hours before Krestovsky Island and bas many matters were satisfactorily arrang country houses, yet these bandits ed, but in this case the Japanese openly defy the police, or as many acknowledged that a mistake had say, are in company with certain been made and apologised.
Russian members of the Police Last night both Russion detectives Force. Mr. Koffman who was cap- and Japanese military patrolled the tured a couple of months ago, is streets and stopped people every apparently dead, as not one word whore, demanding their passports has been heard of him, notwith or other means of identification. standing large rewards being offer- The Russian detectives also made au ed for news of any kind. Since examination of hotels, looking for the arrival of Japanese troops and suspicious persons and examining the advent of Russian police kid every room which was not booked. napping and robberies seem to have Tonight all places of amusement increased to an alarming extent, are to close at midnight and there the bandits now having an exopilent are to be Japanese patrols in all organisation, with detailed informa- parts of the town from Midnight tion on police movements and lists (Continued at font of text column.)" of rich men,
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