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TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936.
ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST DISTRICT WATCHMAN
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A summons in which Chou Yuen, described as a salesman, and assist- ant manager of the Ng Fuk coffin shops, of No. 13 Waterloo Road, al leged that he was assaulted by Leung Yau, District Watchman No. 01, outside No. 48 Portland Street on Vecember
20 last, was heard by Mr. E. Wynne-Jones at the Kow- loon Magistracy yesterday afternoon Defendant was discharged.
CANTON TROUBLE
FOREIGN CONSULS
PRECAUTION •
Canton, Jan. 14. The military netlon taken to curb the student troubles m proved effective as all demonstrations cean- ed to-day, Stringent martial Inw is still enforced all over the City.
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A revolution in load-carrying, range and speed is promised by the new Vickers acroplane, for the Royal Air Force. The plane is capable of fly ing 17 mph. faster, 4,200 feet higher and nearly. two and a half times further than an ordinary biplane' of good performance.
The Recrets in geodetle construc-
The British Consulate has sent, cir- cular notices to British subjects here advising them not to remain in the Mr. P. H. Sin appeared out behalf native city after 8 at night in order tion of the wings, resembling the of the complainant. Inspector K. W. to avoid any chance of being search-web of a spider, made of strips of Andrew, of the Secretariat for Chin-ed or even detained. ' Similär steps metal eliminating all internal struts ese Affairs, and Detective-Sub-In- have been taken by other Consul aml Hte-rods, resulting in 40 per cent.
pector R. Canningham were pre-aten-Renter.
gain in weight.
ment,
Mr. Sin In outlining the case stat- ed that it, was alleged that com plainant was assaulted by the defen- dant on Docember 20 lant No. 48 Portland Street. It was niso outside alleged that defendant gave com- plainant several blows. The parties went to the Yaumat! Police Station and later on the same day com-
Monday's Shooting
Canton, Jan. 14. From most accounts concerning that while about a thousand students Monday afternoon's riot, it appears
toad near the Ruomin University were demonstrating on Lai Che Wan they encountered armed plain-clothes plainant was admitted to the Kow-detectives. In the ensuing free fight loon Hospital where he was kept until December 11.
The interior of the wings is thus available-for-many, purposes, includz ing passengers' cabins in commercial. aeroplanes-Kleuter.
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Landon, Jun. 14. Several hundred boys were medi rally examined this week at the vari detectives fired with pistols. oas establishments of the Royal Air The students, including many girls,Force, where they have finished thir schooling while training as mechanics. -Renter
Dr. Yu Chin-kwong, modient officer | defended with attached to the Kowloon Hospital, they could find.
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Witness hospital on December 26. found that the man bad a brulso below the right collar bone. The mat complained of pains in the chest. There was also a bruise on the left forearm. There was n sinn abrasion in front of the neck and another on the lower part of the right wrist.
Injuries Not Bertous
When witness saw the patient he wns suffering from some degree of shock, slight pallor of the faer and WAR sweating over the forehend. His pulse Beats were rapid and tow tensioned.
were not
The injuries described serious, but the ann was numitted to hospital because of the degree of shock. An X-ray examination was made but no injury of the ribs or Jungs was spen
whatever weapons
After the riot it was found that one student was missing and he is believed to have been killed and his body taken -away.
New Plane Regard,
Now York, Jan. 14. The Ato producer, Mr. Howard Hughes. established" * new trans- Five students
when he were seriously continental Bight record wounded and many suffered light landed at New York In hours_27 injuries. The condition of one of minutes 10 seconds after leaving Los the wounded who was taken to the Angeles. The previous record was Yu Woo Hospital is considered cri-held by Colonel Roscoe Turner, whose time was 10 hours 2 minutes G1 seconds. Reuter.
tient.
Martial Law Rules
Stringent Precautions
'Canton, Jan.fl. With the City still seething with unlikely in view of the firm attitude excitement and uneasiness, General of the military authorities --Special, Mino Pui-nam hurriedly assumed the post he Marlin) Law Commander-in- Chief. The former Ironsite Generat ins issued r lengthy statement warning, the students against further anti-Japanese agitations. It is ex- plained that the authorities fear that reactionary elements may Lake nd- wantage of the patriotic movement to achieve their own ends.
The bruise Arst described could not have produced such a degree of pain as the man complained, The symptoms of shock shown by the man could also have been produced by extreme anger.
Complainant stated that as he was passing No., 48 Portland Street on The day in question he saw a crowd of people who were gambling. They got up and ran away as witness was passing and he was immediately seized by the defendant and struck. Witness asked why he had been struck, and defendant did not reply but pulled up his coat and showed his
revolver and said, "Don't move or 1 will kill you."
During the period of martial law enforcement no assembly is permit
in Canton proper without per- mission from the Police or Martinl Law Headquarters,
strikes will be reverely dealt with.
Labourers, merchants and students'
The Martial Law authorities may at any time open and censor letters and telegrams.
and other
They may also confiscate or delay newspapers, magazines publications.
Canton, Jan.14. With stringent milllary precautions being taken fresh outbreaks of student rioting are unlikely.
►
The various colleges and schools, articularly the Sun Yat-sen Univer-
of alty now present an appearance
of an armed camp, heavy guards armed troops being stationed, there to ensure continued quiet.
Aro
-Meanwhile the student bodies breaking up and many of the students) are returning home.
With a few exceptions the students are not joining the Army controlled Volunteer corps.
General Li Shu-chung, the Garrison commander in the course of an in- The Martial Law authorities are terview stated that the martial inw empowered
of to search all steamers, now Imposed was a temporary trains or suspend, the same within character and would be lifted as soon
as the student agitation subsides.
-Scores of students and several teachers who have been arrested in connection with agitation are still in custody.-Imiter.
a short moment's ́ notice.
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Defendunt then went, and pleked up some cards. At this time. wit- nces was feeling a great pain and authorities may seize and con- privately owned arms, he. földed his ármos and held his ammunition and dangerous explo stomach. When witness again ask-sives. (In this connection it is al ed why he had been struck, defen- dant struck him on the back leged that some of the student de- monstrators on Monday afternoon below the ear. Witness was pulled were armed with pistols.) along anct struck several times Armed police and troops will be
turbances. stationed in all suburbs to check din
again.
After walking for a little while a man came up and told defendant not to strike witness, and defendunt replied, "He has been too saucy," and truck witness again. By that; tine witness had been siručk much he was senselevis,
The man who intervened district watchman.
WAR 蟲
Evidence was then given by Wong Yau, shroff of the For Fook collin shop, who stated that he saw com-
plainant being struck twice.
Students' Demand
•
Students Disarmed.
Canton, Jan. 14. With a view to disarming students, who are alleged to be in possession of arms and ammunition, gendarmes conducted th thorough systematic search of all schools and colleges all over the city. It is understood that a number of pistois, licensed or other- wise, have been seized.
Students, who are not prepared | either to join the volunteer corps br
resume their studies have commenced
to tenve for home this afternoon to avold the chance of being taken into custody,
Canton, Jan. 14. After yesterday afternoon's demon stration and bloodshed, lenders of the student demonstrators marched to the South-west Political Council, the highest political authority here..
On the arrival the students found that prepared for were well, such vinit
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as two fire engines with a number of hoses and a full regiment of gendarmes heavily arm- In the meantime stringent martial ed were found standing by.
law it belag enforced to-night In
HW When asked if he had any ques General Chan Chal-tong, Comman the city, which is now divided into tions to pul to this witness defea-der-in-Chief and Mr. Chow Lu, both four martial law areas, placed under dant alleged that he was telling lies, members of the Council, happened to the control of the Yen Tong military whereupon Mr. Sin interrupted and be there at the moment discussing cadets armed police, the training asked his Worship to worn defen measures to check the anti-Japanese division and gendarmen respectively. dant against attacking the character agitation. The oficinis granted an: These are patrolling the streets with of the witness.
audience with the students to hear armoured cars, Traffle has been for- their grievance.
from 11 p.m. to ¤ a.m.
Veracity of Truth
His Worship pointed out that it was not an attack on the character of the witness but that he was only. questioning the veracity of the truth of his evidence.' It happened every
day where witnesses said things which they believed to be true, but which in fact were not.
kway,
bidden
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Streets Patrolled
The students demanded the immo dinto release of thirty student de- monstratora, arrested earlier in the afternoon, and the handing over of
Canton, Jan; 14. the corpse of the student alleged to have been killed. The students com- by the Canton Government. All streets Special precautions have been taken) against the armed detectives' within the city are patrolled with Perference
with their patriotic fully
with armed soldiers movement. They naked for the bayonete.
yesterday punishment of those who injured the districts, where studenta.
officea
ment
After inaint Govern-
are
situated,
were
and
the Bureau of Public walls/
In his evidence, defendant denied having struck the complainant, and alleged that he was he who was as saulted by complainant, who struck him, and, when witness tried to blow To their first demand the Chan- by troops and in certain. his police whistle, grabbed him by cellor of the Chungshan University, parts of the elty pedestrians were not the throat, and throw the whistle Mr. Chow Lu, promised that
the allowed to Government would release the stu-
to pass. Roads leading to In summing up his Worship stat- dents detained, but said that they other Military Offices were ed that it was known that gambling had no knowledge of the student re- was going on. Complainant was in ported killed. Mir. Chow La promis- deserted shortly after dark
last night the vicinity and was dressed theed to investigate the whole situa- Except for military patrols and same as the coniles who were gam- tion.
motor squads the roads were deserted bling and he was arrested. AF
and everywhere sentries were on duty. though he was dressed the same as
Large forces of special police were the coolics, he was of a superior
out this morning. pedestrians, were class. He was a salesman and 'as-
Canton, Jan. 14. searched and many were detained. uletant manager of a shop and it Nanking oficials including Marshal
The military authorities state that would have been an extreme “loss Chiang Kai-shek have sent personal two regiments from nearby garrisons of face" if it was known that he telegrams to Mr. Chow Lu, Chan were called back to Canton last night. had been caught gambling with cellor of Sun Yat-sen University, Several universities and govern- coolies; and there was his reason urging him go withdraw his realgna- ment schools were visited by the for resistance of arrest.
tion and stating that student ex police who thoroughly searched the cesses should not be taken too serl-schools but no more arrests have been ously in view of similar happenings made.Wah Kiu Yat Po, in other parts of the country,
•
Want Special Treaiment - Defendant was porfectly, entitled,} and it was his duty, to use force in
Chow Lu Anked to Carry On
Mr. Chow in requested to go to Nanking with Mr. Hu Han-min.
the execution of his duty. That, Mr. Chow's resignation and poti however, was a serious matter. Ittion for his own reprimand was also was, recalled that an inquiry
Japanese Protesi
Canton, Jan. 14. Japanese authorities, who have
was rejected this morning by the Southbnen viewing, the anti-Japanese ac held recently into the death of a west Political Council, which asked tivities by incal students with grave Chinhst male who allegedly match the University head to continence day cypressed ed purse and was enged. The Wardforts; and to give guidance to the satisfaction over the effective action shot and killed by a Chinese detec-patriotic activities of the students taken by the Chinese authorities to Livô and the jury very properly re- so as to keep them out of mischief. curb the agitation turned a verdict of 'justfäable homi-
It is revealed. Consul General
Fatality Denled
.
that the Jorous protest to the
has lodged a Chinese regarding the demonstra-
cida
Thero wore lots of people, ea pecially in that district, who thought| A company of gendarmes is stations. tint they were entitled to special tioned at the university campus at treatment when they were arrested Shek Pel in order to provent fur-
In
The present martial law is "regand- auspicious circumstances, although ther disturbances. The middle school ed. however not so much as the re they might be perfectly Innocent compound in Man Ming Road inult of the Japanese proteat as yea They must nubmit to arrest and go similarly guarded and has become terday's devolenments, It apheare quietly and if they restated the off-headquarters of the National Saiva that there is no question concerning cor was entitled to use force, tion Volunteer Corps. During recent the safety of the Japanese subjects, On the face of the facts, complain. troubles, a nephew of General Chans, with the exception of ono Japan- and one. Japanero ant made a complaint, he went to Chai-tong and a nephew of Lleuteno drug-staro hospital anil had to be X-rayed and General, Miao Pol-nan, the Chief-of-hoafilial, practically all, JapaneKO stayed there for five days, and all Staff, were injured.
shops and Japanese residences ho had was a bump on the sheat
The police do not admit that any inside the concession at Shamoon. The complainant, it will be recall students were killed but state that, The Japanona Consulate, however, ed, was fined $2 when he appear soMO were injured. Asinte of is following the altuation closely par el at the Kowloon Magistracy on emergency was still in force this ticularly the reaction of the students January 6 and was convicted on afternoon as a precautionary me against the measures taken by the charge, of gambling..
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