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THE RECENT KIDNAPPING EPISODE AT CANTON.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE *** HONGKONG DAILY FEESS."]

Sin-In view of the amoart of pub licity given in newspapers to the went kidnapping of teachers and students of this College. I shall be obliged if you will give publicity to the following brief ac count of this occurrence,

MONDAY

DECEMBER

16TH,

1024

CANTON NEWS.

(FROM OUR CHINEER CORRESPONDENT.] ENFORCING REDUCTION OF RENTALS ON FARM LANDS, The Kuomintang Bolshevists in Kwang- ling District, Kwangtung Province, to justify their recent compulsory wensres against the landlords of the rice fields there to reduce their rentals from farni tenants, have issued a statement which, roughly translated, includes the follow- ing:

The farmers in Sha-kong and other i Last Saturday one of the launches" of the College on making its usul. 430 am. precints constitute nearly 90 per cent. of trip from the College jetty on the Bund the population of Kwangling. The farms, to the College, a run of afteen minutes, however, are owned by but a few families. was held up by six armed robbers who-Kong, Fung, and Chun-n condition not bad come on board disgaised as ordinary at all favourable or just The landlords Chinese gentlemen. The hold up was

are asking for $20 to $30 as rental yearly done so quickly that no alarm was poss- for every mor of land lensed to the ible. The robbers had sented themselves farmers, ju addition to ather, gifts re

in couples in different parts of the gularly demanded from, their tenants. launch. thus enabling them to control all The produce from an average men of rice The patch year is about mighty bushels the passengers without moving. launch was taken down to a place sona (Chinese), but nearly sixty of them have miles below Whampoa. A large fat bar to go towards payment of rent, leaving only twenty bushels, worth $6, to those lying alongside of the bank was cam.

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placed on this boat and counted. Whilu ran one support himself and family on De trarsier na taking place, however, so sinal an income? Moreover, a farmer, three of the captives hid themselves into work ame of rice land, has to

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a small cabin in the front of the boat: was $u on seedings. 32 on fertilizer, ia there was room in this hole for only and $120 on repairs, implements, and

no more could take advantage other incidentals every year. Farmers of it.

One foreign, lady, two Chinese Kwangling are unable to support thair their labour, and everywhere women students, the crew of the auch,

see octogenarians and two men who were servacts on our this district, ond 182nd children of

still with their ploughs, campus, were allowed to return, le less than nine years old acting as human with the launch.. When the main hody of

The landlords aro beasts of burden. captives were taken ashore it was blind to all these evils. In addition to ustical that the three who had hidden in high and oppressive rentals the landlorda

Later on these the boat were missing.

are also exacting from their tenants, poul- three were helped by the boat people to try and vegetable produse and magni escape and after sue creiting when tures, including the experience of Being recaptured,

found their way, to the College, the last of them arriving on Tuesday. The total number actually cap tured by the robbers was seven Chinese staff meinbera. five visitors to the College (three of whom were returned students). and twenty-four students

ing dhe shel-measurements to their own advantage. Through the Bureau, of Defence of the local communities, the landlords are also levying on the farmers every year 40 cents for each oven within a household, 20 cents house tax, 80 cents for each water buffalo possessed, and 40 cents for each bead of cattle. Despite all the injustice done to the farmers by the landlords, the fanners are only asking for per cent. a reduction of farm rentals by in addition to more huniane treatment."

THE PRICE OF FUEL Since the great fire at Wuchow, on December 1st, and the temporary stop- page of firewood export, paices have bees. running high in Canton, where sometimes as high as 33 apicul is asked for by fuel. merchants.

The main group it now appears were taken to a monastery at the food of hills nat n very long distance from the shore. On arriving there eight were selected from SOLE AGENTS. the main badly and taken off by them. selves. The rest were shot up in ne place and kept there, for the night. The next day, after some disenssian with the robbers, two teachers and ore visitar were selected to return to the College and seenre ransom for the others and them selves at the rate of 00 H.K. each.

FIRES AND INSURANCE. Thes three men were required to pro- mis. to return with this money, not later The Canton District Proquator, than 9 am- on Tuesday and if the offer Coroner for the Southern metro- College refused to give themoney they polis, has been called upon to take up promised that they would returr to their one of the biggest cases on record so far, eaptors. At the same time nothing to south of Cuiton City on December 10th. were in connection with a fire at Shek-tau,

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se required to promise to do instigate military action against the when I people perished. The place rabbers until Tuesday moring. This burned was a section of matsheds hous- schema was cbviously intended in the ing several hundred boat people along main to give the robbers time to get off the river bank there, with their captives before troops could The unusual large number of fres"in get after them, and was so interpreted Cantos recently is driving hany local by the College and, the military, author-insurance companies into bankruptcy. ities coccerred. may say that on the The latest one forced to take this step refusal of the College to provide the is the Man Sang Company, which lost ransom these three men kept their pro- heavily in the fires at Chanchen, on mise as far as they could. In the interests of the College, however, I could not allow them to return to the rendezvous' ap pointed without adequate protection to prevent their being recaptured, and thus

In view of the Canton authorities "ar- the College made it impossible for them to carry out their promise literally. resting young women for waiting at re- On the night of Saturday-Sunday staurants and tea houses and violating a the Americar naval and consulat author. recent police order probibiting the in- ities were informed of the occurrence, ployment of girls as waitresses in these and on Sunday morning all the informa places, the public is watching what they tion we possesel was placed before the will do with the newly-opened Women's Chinese officials. The matter was dele-Restaurant at Wai Sun Loo Street, staffed gated by the Civil Governor to General by women; except the chief cook, who Li Fuk Lam. in co-operation with the must be an expert and good caterer, a Chief of Police, and by the afternoon of duty which no Cantonese woman appears Sunday Government armed launch on at present qualified to undertake the spot where the captives had been landed, and responsible military officials were making full investigations in the Eurrounding district,

LOW WATER IN WEST RIVER.

Because of the low water in many sec tions of the West River, Canton, Wuchow, and Hongkong traffic is much delayed. Some Hongkong-Canton boats have to leave two hours before their scheduled times because of this inconvenience.

BOLSHEVIST MISCHIEF-MAKING.

The Cantos vernacular Press, using in- formation furnished by the Tai-ping and other Bolshevistic agency sources, publish- ed on Dec. 13th, reports that the Ilong kong Government were intending to in

ade the police jurisdiction of the West ver by despatching gunboats there and performing functions reserved, only to local authorities

On Tuesday, twenty-two of the captives returned. They had been liberated by the rehbers who, under the pressure of the energetic military action being taken, led them lato a hilly district and left them theraselves. They found their way ultimately to the Whampoa Military Academy and from thence were sent hack to the College in a laurch. There then remained only eight people in captivity, but General Li assured us he had taken adequate steps to secure their releage and was confident they would be, in our hands in the course of a few days. This assur- ance proved to be well-founded and by three o'clock on- the morning of Friday A RED VOLUNTEER ORGANISATION. the whole eight were back at the College.

Bolshevists in Canton, by authority of Various reports have gained currency the Kuomintang régime, are organizing as to the activities of the College staff in merchants volunteers to replace the oz connection with this affair. I may say,

however, that the activities of the College ganization recently suppressed by ne have been directed only to carrying the Red Army: To show their disapproval of information we have received from time the Red activities, the merchants are to time to the military headquarters and refusing to identify themselves with the those operating in the district concernct proposed organization.

It has also been reported that, several of the parents and relatives of the stud ents desired the College to adopt the and to the relatives and friends. of the policy of paying ransom for the captives, captives. By shutting up the outlets to It is true that some pressure has been the more distant hills, and by hold brought to bear on us to adopt such a ing the leaders of the villagers in method, but after the fullest consulta-the district responsible, General Li Fak tion with the military authorities we have Lam in the end forced the robbers to consistently refused to do so. The reasons relinquish all of their captives, for such a course are obvious, and I think the quick result that has followed mili try action hae abundantly proved tho wisdom of refusing any compromise with it sincere thanks. I need hardly ned that the College in co-operation with the robbers.

the Chinese military and polies forces is taking adequate precaution to prevent any such occurrence taking place in the future-I am, faithfully your.

I wish to state further, that throughout this whole week the military authorities, particularly under General Li Yak Lam, hare exerted themselves to "senyre the release of the captives in a way that bas been most gratifying to the College (Continued at foot of next Columa.)

To General Li and those who co-ope rated with him, the College wishes to ex-

ALEX BAXTER Acting President of the College, Canton Christian College.. December 13th, 1924.

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