CHINA
PROTEST 4 (NANKING)
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A HONGKONG GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON SHOOTING DURING THE RIOTING IN KOWLOON SATELLITE TOWN OF HONGKONG HAS MEANWHILE BEEN WITHHELD FROM ALL CHINESE NEWSPAPERS SINCE THE NEWSPAPERMEN'S GUILD IN CANTON PASSED A RESOLUTION REFUSING TO REPRODUCE IT. BRITISH CIRCLES HERE TONIGHT CLAIMED THE GOVERNMENT'S REPORT ON THE INCIDENT DID NOT RECEIVE FAIR TREATMENT IN THE CHINESE PRESS.
SHOOTING DID NOT OCCUR INSIDE THE WALLED CITY OF KOWLOON, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT, BUT POLICE WERE AMBUSHED SHOTS AARTHE ARDENDOUSSEEFAND FIRE
-DEFENCE. LATER SMOKE CANISTERS WERE THROWN, SPLINTERS
FROM WHICH PROBABLY INJURED A FEW PEOPLE. REUTER (BACKGROUND FOLLOWS) . 1914
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BUT POLICEWERE AMBUSHED IN A NARROW ALLEY OUTSIDE AND FIRED SHOTS AT THE GROUND IN SELF-DEFENCE. LATER SMOKE CANISTERS ETC. REUTER ..
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