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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
LAST NIGHT'S RIOTING.
FURTHER UGLY STREET INCIDENTS.
Dos Vooux Roall Central, during the-afternoon had to telephone for a Police ascort before they I could leave the premises.
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quarter, where aro centred the he had seen a Japanese in the majority of the big Chinese morbus and at once the mob became cantile houses of the Colony, a rushing stream of shouting, The quarter has two main clapping and hooting humanity, thoroughfares, Winglok Street as they tore after the vehicle. and Jervois Street, and these were filed with thousands of Chinese even at that late hour.
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Apparently there Japanese on board, for the two 'bus or three who entered the descended again, and the vehicle proceeded on its way.
West Point Incidents. Only two incidents of any im- portance occurred in the West Point District which remained
Mob's Raid on Premises. comparatively quiet. In one case
Attention appeared to be cou WANCHAI CHECKED. travelling Japanese merchant,
Early Morning Attack, ・ Mr. K. Fukuda, from Shameen, centrated on those shops known Canton, was set upon and much to having business connexions
The latest news of a mob attack | One of the most serious incidente knocked about, while in the other with Japan, and the first of a received before going to prest, during yesterday's rioting took
of outbreaks case two Indian politomen were possible series
reans was of one which occurred about place in the busiest part of stoned, one of the policemen being materialised shortly before mid-1.15 this morning, when a crowd Hongkong. It seemed that agita-struck between his eyes, the im- night, when an attempt was made of about a hundred Chinesa at- tors and demonstrators conconpact leaving a cut which is how-to break into No. 72, Jervois tacked trated their whole attention In
in disturbanceA
the creating heart of the city. During the afternoon, Des Voeux Road Central was thronged with thousands of Chinese who stood in the road- side and gaped at, buildings, passers-by, or anything which suggested a "scene." Police vigi lance during this period was Its height, and demonstrations were quelled before they had time
to become serious.
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In fact, rather than allow Japanese business men run the danger of being molested while carrying out their business, police vans were brought into use to conduct them to and from tho offices and business houses. A party of seven Japanese was con
offices, hostile demonstration.
Available
men were turned out of
on
Street
Wor
a shop, believed to have The establishment had Japanese goods on sale, in Dos ever, not norious.
It appears that Mr. Fukuda its shutters up, as was the case Voeux Road West, near the Em- WEB attacked by a crowd, of with other shops in this locality, pross Hotel. Chinese in Des Voeux Road and its entrance was further! The police were again promptly Central, near Centre Street, and secured by wooden bare fixed on the scene, dispersing the crowd when the alarm was given all horizontally across the threshold before any serious damage could
Nevertheless, the crowd
arrests made be done." Thres the Station and the crowd dis short work of this and would affected. persed the arrival of the have carried matters to excess
Flying Squad in Wanchal. police. Mr. Fukuda suffered in but for the prompt appearance of
Determined there should be no Jurica to his face and abrasions an emergency unit rushed thither to his back but his hurts
a Black Marin, Order was recurrches of Thursday night's were in
800 restored.
scanes, the major part of the re- not of a serious nature.
A large gang of Chinese made gular and reserve Police Forces. and plus a contingent of the Flying a tour of Wing Lok Street district, including Queen's Road, Sqund held the Wanchal district near the Central Theatre, shortly last night in safe keeping, and before midnight, calling at various turned to nought all attempts on shops and trying to ascertain the part of hooligans who paraded whether they had Japaneno gooda the streets to create disorder.
So effective were for sale or not. In all cases the
the precau shop-keepers, who had boarded up tions that after a scrimmage or their promises, were warned that two in the early part of the even- if they
were caught selling Ing, nothing untoward happened, Japanese goods their premises und but for the presence of the would be attacked and ransacked: police patrols, it was difficult to
Queen's Road Affair. Several shops wore visited, and the mob departed without doing any damage, after a shouted con- versation with the proprietors, who talked from the safety of an upper verandah, but in Queen's Road, apparently, the outcome was not as satisfactory as was expected and an attempt was made to break in the door of one shop.
On another occasion two Indian constables, Gahan Dad and Aba- ban Khan, who were on Picket duty in Queen's Road West heard whistles blown, and when they reached the spot they found that a large crowd had collected, al- though there does not acem to veyed in a van to the M... have been any particular reason and thus escaped any for the assembly, When the con- atables interfered and dispersed European sergeants and Indian the crowd they retaliated with and Chinese constables picketed the whole of Des Voeux Rond from atonca, one constable being in- Pedder Street to Sincere's while jured as stated above. The crowd equal precautions were observed was finally dispersed. ulong the Praya and in the neigh-In connexion with this affair, two Chi 80 wore arrested and bourhood of the Wing Lok wharf. will be charged before the Magis- where earlier in the day there trate. They are Pun Chau, 22, a
coolie, of
of No. 5. Lai On Lane, and Loung Pik-chuen, 16, a student, of Queen's Rond Central.
had been an ugly scene.
Eye Gashed Open.
While engaged In this work, which was more or less. quietly watched by the crowd, a 'bus went
Blood was spilt when a crowd During the rioting at West of Chinese attacked a Japanese Point the previous night, when a in Des Voeux Road Central, short-store containing Japanoac salt ly after tiffin. A stone from the fish was attacked and wrecked, a mob struck the victim beneath VAO, under police protection, his left eye, causing a big gash. arrived on
the scene, after the When he was rescued by an crowd had been cleared. loaded by. Someone apparently thought emergency squad. blood
Was up the fish and took it away, The running down his face, and the destination of the VAN 19 not crowd was growing more menac-known. ing every minute.
The injured man was taken to the police station and had his wound dressed, the crowd mean while being dispersed by police
with drawn batons.
A serious case of multreatment occurred in the western district when a Japanese was chased and assaulted by a large crowd. When finally rescued by the Police, he had a scalp wound and Injuries to other parts of his body. It was found necessary to send him to the Government Civil Hospital.
Overboard for Safety,
ал
Central District.
The contral district was also considerably disturbed by a suc- cession of Incidenta, continued with scarcely a break, well into the early hours of this morning. During the day shops in different lavaded by angry streets were
nt crowds, and in one instance Hollywood Rand, when a ahop deal. In Japanese goods was thus receiving attention, windows and the xoods were smashed thrown out on the roadway. This
was but one of many such out- breaks which were no sooner quelled than trouble was report ed elsewhere.
A desperate escape from angry Chinese on the Ynumati ferry Man Chi, was made by a Japanese
For picket work the authorities pntrol passenger. Fearing
attack had three squads out to while the boat was in mid harbour Queen's Road, Des Voeux Rond he juhtped into the water ana and Connaught Road respectively, Japanese launch passed, and and these were subjected to shouted to his compatriots For hail of atones at various points. Assistance.
In the course of the day, over
out
The incident was reported to twenty arrests were carried the Police by the ticket collector within this district alone, und of the ferry, who stated that as to recount the separate circums- the launch was leaving the Hong-tances of each arrest would be kong whart the Japanese passenger to repeat a story monotonous by was followed on board by an its similarity of detail. Noto-
Chinese. Angry mob of
They
arrests, hey worthy amongst these swore at him and threatened him were those of two young men who during the trip across. As the threw stones at a police plekot launch reached mid harbour with passing through Pottinger Street, the crowd still demonstrative the and were unable to get away Japanese passenger jumped over afterwards. board on secing the launch pass- ing. He shouted to those on board and wis rescued by the occupants.
Escorts for Japanese. From time to time, requesta were received nt the Central A Japanese man and woman
Police Station for escorts for were assaulted about mid-day Japanese residents. One, such call
Yard outside the Royal Naval
was received at 11.30 last night, when Chinese employees were when it was reported that a party streaming out of the gate for their of Japanese, including a woman, mid-day meal.
were chased into a house at Wing- lok Street and had found them- solves marooned there. A plain- clothes European Police officer was pelted with stones in endea vouring to affect a rescue, and it was found necessary to providu some means of Police conveyance to bring away the party.
The couple were roughly handled, their hair being pulled and their clothes ripped before they chuld be rescued.
In the evening a large crowd assembled in Queen's Road, not far from West Point Police Station, but the police emergency van arrived and the crowd dis- persed.
A number of Japanese residents marooned on a floor at No. 39,
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