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CHILD MIND OF CRIMINAL.
AVERAGE MENTAL AGE"
ONLY FOURTEEN.
YANGTSZE OUTRAGES.
AMERICA CONCERNED.
Shanghai, Sept. 10. American officials still disclaim any knowledge of the reported par-
In the Yangtaze engagemont.
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Observatione Upon the intellcipation of American warcraft gence of 200 male prisoners In Brixton Prison have just been care ried put by the medical officers, Dr. H. A. Grierson and Dr. C. H. L. Rixon.
The results do not support the view that a man who takes to crime is necessarily inferior. in in tellect to the righteous! "On the contrary," the doctors declared, in the Lancet, "they 'confirm the view generally hold by those who have had experience of the criminal, that his Intelligences la. in no way below that of the "man in the street." He is the "man in the street."
No prisoner whose age was over 35 was included in the observa- tions, The average. "mental age
u men
former British naval officer, now a pilot in the merchant ser vica, Mr. Thomas Fairburn; ar- riving from Hankow on the steam-, er Kungwo, asserts that the Ameri can gunboat Stewart was attacked while passing Yanglo, fifty miles from Hankow, when two seamen were wounded, one being shot in the leg and the other in the ankle, and were taken to Hanlior.
A report from Wanhsien states that Lieutenant. C. F. Ridge, QL the Cockchafer, was shot down ashore when returning to hit ship after a futile effort to negotiate with Gen. Yang Son, preceding the battle.
of the 200. prisoners, was exactlyIt is authoritatively reported 14 years. At the lowest end was charged with a trifling offence, whose mental age was only. 5-6 years, although, according to his own statements; he was actu- ally 32 years old.
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Shanghai, Sept, 10. Hankow reports dator the eighth, disclose that Wuchong is still held by the Northerners, and the foreign- At the other end of the scaleers within the walls are safe. The were four prisoners; each with a Southern commander threatens a "mental age" of 191⁄2 years, who bombardment unless there is an were "plainly mer of high mental
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two previons convictions for a similar offence; the other three were severally convicted of theft, breaking into a church and steal ing, and being suspected person.
Of the 200 prisoners examined, 181 were convicted, one was fourti to be insane, one mentally dea-| cient, and 17 were acquitted, "of whom eight shared 29 previous convictions.
The standard' of scholastic at tainment is worthless as a guide
fi departe by the Hankow rail- way for the north on the night of the sixth, and is believed to be now at Hsiaokun, fifty miles from. Hankow-Router.
Chinese Reports.
Canton, Sept. 10: Serious fighting broke out at Nanchang on the 8th between the Kwangtung and the Klangsi troops, but no result has been announced.
"The number examined," it is pointed out, "dro too small to war- It is reported from the Army rant, any hard-and-fast. conelu-Headquarters that Chang Kai-shek Bions, but it is interesting to ob has decided to attack Kiangsu and serve the relatively high inteli Kiangsi in two directions, one gences displayed by the fraud and advancing from Sheis to altack" forgery group."
Nanking and the other from Ping- kong to attack Kiuking, in order to establish connection with Hanun, Hunch and Kiangsi, and will go up to intelligence, the sloctors to the art after clearing the phasise. They consider that the
upper and lower Yangtze most interesting figurd emerging from their study was the average mental age of 14 years. "No statistics are available, as far as we are awaro, of the average men- tal age of the population as a whole," they add. It would prob- ably prove to be no higher than this, and many competent ob- servers think it would be lower."
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Chang will shortly proceed. to Hanyang to inspect his troops and discuss mengurés to make a com- bined attack against the North He has, ordered his forces to attack Moshing Pass in order to cut off the retreat of Wü Pei-fu's army..
Chang intends to proceed to Han- yang with General Gallent to in- spect the Arsenal, and to deviso" measures to increase the output of munitions.Wah Kiu Yat Po.
Fengtien Ald.
Shanghai, Sept. 10: The Fongtien clique has décided to send eight divisions to help Wu Fei-fu. The Arst objective is. Wathang and Hankow, and the final one is Canton.
The Fengtien forces will start in two directions, the Chili and Shantung troops to be placed under the command of Chu Yuk pok.
Wu Pei-fu has stated that he only needs funds and ammunition, as the present strength of his forees is quite sufficient to recover his lost territories.
He is not willing to have the Fangtlen forces come to Hupch
Chang Tsung-cheong has de- clared that he will send 120,000 of his forces to the South, and will discuss the proposal with Sun, Chuan-fang.
Silver Bullets.
The Fangtien clique has decided first to supply Wu Pelf with $500,000.00
Wu Pei-fu's forces in Wuchang city have refused to surrender and demands the retention, of their arms, together with the payment of $100,000 for their evacuation ponges, before handing over the City The Southerners Insist o an unconditional surrendor. Wu Pei-fu is reported to be at Hou Kum with more than 100,000 of his forces, and is planning to resume the offensive, at Hankow and Hant yang.
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Japanese Cabinet Discussion.
Tokyo, Sept./10. This morning the Cabinet dis-
Some preminent inhabitants of Chekiang and Kiangou, being Sun Chuan-fang la reported to desirous to preserve the pance of have decided to proceed to Klu- the two provinces, strongly al-kony, on the 11th, on his way to vocate peace with Chang Kil the front to direct operations. shek. The representatives of the Soma 60,000 of his forces have cussed the Chinese altuation, but Inhabitants have proceeded to been sent or are on the way to
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