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FIVE MONTHS IN CAPTIVITY.

MR. WONG SHIU TONG AND HIS BROTHER TELL OF THEIR EXPERIENCES.

ALL NIGHT MARCH WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER WHEN

ORIPPLED BY RHEUMATISK.

CONFINED IN HUT WITHOUT WINDOWS.

Mr. Wong Shiu Tong, compradore of the Standard Oil Company a1 Hongkong and his brother. Mr. Wong Chung Kau, after five months" captivity in the hands of bandits in villages north of Canton City, rejoined their family at 97, Po Iling Fong, Hongkong, jesterday, baving.. returned by the

on Mr. Wong and his brother, wer esptured next Shiu Kong': Hill, north of Canton City, oa April ransom of #68,000 5th and released on August 31st, after paying Hoogkong currency. In addition, their relativré spent $3,000 in locating them. Song at his home. last night. Mr. Wong gave a representative af the Daily Press the following account of the hardships suffered by his. hrother and himself.

HONGKONG DAILY: PRESS,

As a prelude to his story Mr. Wong | place was a village (believed to be Ping maid that had they been held in explivity Po). Two bandits were in charge of them for many daya longer, it was very un-daring the day, the guard being doubled kely that either would have lived to at night. Many weeks were spent here, tell the taju as their last place of confine when a move was made further inland, ment had been a filthy mud-hut, which stopping as villages for the night. admitted very little ventilation.

Mr. Wong visited. Canton, on April 3rd last, in connection with the business of the Standard Oil Company. It may be recalled that the Chaton Government had just imposed a special likin tax on kerosene oil, contrary to treaty provi- sinnx, and Mr. Woog went up to assist the agency there in making a protest.

AN ALL NIGHT, MARCH.. Towards the end of July the hardships had gun seriously to tell on the cap- tives and for some days both had been suffering from rheumatism and bowel complaints, when, on the afternoon of July 27th the bandits again became gravely alarmed, at sexs that soldiers were in the neighbourhood.

Despite their crippled and weak state, the unfortunate captives were hurried

"HONAM'S " THIRD TRIP.

· LITTLE CHANGE" IN "THE

SITUATION.

INCREASED VIGILANCE OR THE STRIKE PICKETS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER

CORRESPONDENCE.

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE ** HONGKONG BALLY PRIES:""}}

Bia-" Cap and Bells" has chosen aj The Fondos returned yesterday from | very appropriate, som de plume, Wo her third trip to Canton since the com- hear the bells jingling sa wa kind his mencement of the strike, but had little latter. Is the Hongkong University a to report in the way of any change in Chinson University is really an im the general trade situation.

portant question, for one can saver judge The strike pickets have become in from the appearance of things The Res creasingly vigilant since the vessel's fragistrar, at any rate, is given an easy visit on Thursday last Many of the task: merely to reply yes or no" Tha owners of sampans who were venturesome Vice Chancellor, as hefts his position, enough to convey Chinese passengers to

ia incited to larger endeavour; and the the boat on Friday, thus enabling them

public are invited to take a hand. But to return to Hongkong, have been caught

why stop there? Why not ask the Colonial and have suffered severely for breaking Office and the Prime Minister to tell the rules and regulations of the strike.

us all about it? loaders. The sampans have been destroy-

If would be interesting to know what! ed and the owners, men and women alitos in the caput the cap covers. I heard | have been paraded round the city sub- ject to the ridicule and all manner of molestation by the mob. If any offenders are caught in future it is stated that **san bath,"* they will be given a week's which means that they will be divested of their clothing and exposed to the heat of the sun for seven days.

PERMITS TO VISIT HONGKONG. - Permita are being issued to visit Hong. long for a period of ven days, s stated previously in the Daily Press bat these permits cost money and wor betida those Rampan owners who aid and abet people to leave before they have paid what is demanded. "The rule seems to passengers be that the sampans can take from the feas to the shorn, and reap

It being the celebration of the Chiness Ching Ming Festival, Mr. Wong and *his younger brother, with three attend. -auts, on April 5th took two sedan chairsalong for miles, in the neighbourhood of what harvest they can for so doing, bus and want to the Chiang Nga Fung Hill, the Yueh-Han railway, the bandits not they must on no account take anydar north of the city, to visit the tombs of even halting for food or their ancestors, leaving for their destina. through the night. die early in the morning. After wor

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drink all to the boat unless authorised to do so.

On the arrival of the Honans at Monday afternoon, for

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it said once but I do not believe it-that

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the Hongkong University was a Chinese

staff of Germans who lectured in Arabic. University in British territory with .. I would be instructiva to argue about this "in concentric circles of increasing dimensions which lead ono farther and farther away from the point until we get at the truth-Youra etc,

Hongkong. Beptember 8th.

JESTER.

"BOEZD STITI sends us a letter for publication but does not enclose his name

and address. He feels aggrieved because although occupying a front pew at St. John's Cathedral on Sunday evening, he could not hear the preacher distinctly?

KOWLOON RESIDENTS'

ASSOCIATION.

MONTHLY COMMITTEE MEETING:

Just as dawn broke they reached their Canton.

The ordinary monthly committee meet-

mud hút about land there" followed a long argument re-Andrews Church Hall, Kowloon, on Mon- were confined' in a feet high nad 12 feet square." There was garding the price to be paid by the day, when there were present Mr. W. S. means of ventilation but the cracks Chinese for the privilege of being con- Bailey, president, in the chair, Mr. I. in' the door, which was only opened to veyed to the Rund. First ten dollars was Jack, Hon. Treasurer, and Messrs. Thos. the Mears. Wong were taken, captive. allow a guard to enter with food. The demanded, then five, then one. Finally Arnott, Captain Laurenson, C. F. Mond They were taken further north in their Hoor was of earth, with no sanitary some passagers-there were over 130 allham; Rev. Father Spada and D. A. Good-

hipping at the ancestral tombs, they had destination. The two luckless brothers example, the sampans clustered, rounding. of this association was, held in St.

reached the foot of the hill, on their return, when they were surrounded by about 2 bandite, mostly former soldiers The chair coolies were not melested, but

chairs, with bandits acting as hourers.

The bandits informed their victinis that Many belonged to a band of 1,500, who had been looking for likely captives for Monic time, as they were in want of funds.

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Arrangements of any sort.

The food told-managed to get away for twenty win, Hon. Secretary.

cents

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was unfit for animals," said Mr. Wang, "and though a bowl of a water was given On her return yesterday the onus as after each meal to wash our hands brought back 10 passengers, including and faces, there was no water to bathe.Europeans, but no cargo. The only clothes we had were those in

They then hinted that possibly Mr. Wong which we had been captured and conse quently we were soon over-run by vermin

and his brother might be able to furnish the money nooded.

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Mr. Wong could not tell exactly where they were first taken, only remembering that the village they arst reached had three arches at the entrance and a temple, sear which he and brother spent part of the night, after a journey that had lasted malil si-aight. The next morning they were transferred to another village, apposite the Canton, Government Arsenal

Shokcheng, north of Canton City. The bandita boarded their captives with family, for 340 a month which includ- d food for the two guards Here they remained for 7 days, und werd kindly treated, News then reached the bandite That troops were in pursuit to rescue the mising 'wen and their next stopping

STUDENTS DON'T WANT TO

FIGHT.

UNIVERSITY.

MR. LOO CHUN YUN,

Mr. B. Wylie haring tendered his resignation as a member of the Con 15mittee and Hon. Treasurer of the Associa- bian owing to lack of time to attend the duties, the Hon. Secretary read the letter, which he had written to Mr. Wylie upea the instructions of the Committee. This letter accepted the resignation with re gret and conveyed to Mr. Wylie the Com mittee's high appreciation of his valuablé services to the Association in the various

and our arms and lege became infected TELLS AGAIN HOW TO COMBAT and swollen.

THE REDS.

Correspondence was also read from the Mid Level Besidents', Association on the servant question, and from the Kowloon Dock Recreation Club respecting the non- payment of wages to servants leaving in June or July without notice, and assuring the KRA. of support in any form of registration of servants the K.R.A. might see it to adapt

-RELEASE AT LAST:

The indefatigable Mr. (or Major-offices he had so ably filled. "Referring to their release, Jir. Wong ex- General) Loo Chun Yun, of Macao, whose pressed unstinted appreciation of the recent telegram to the Central Govern- courage of one of his friends who, onment, to protest against the "Red" the evening of August 1st, carried domination of Kwangiang, was published 66,000 in Hongkong banknotes on his in our columns at the time, has been person right into the bandits stronghold moved to a further output of literary dear Feart Ling Shi' Market. His friend effort. He has forwarded to us a lengthy communication of which we give the was met by about a hundred bandits. On following abridged and anglicized ver delivery of the cash, the Wong brothers sion:- were handed over to their ransomer and returned in safety to Canton City,

Mr. Wong Shiu Tong estimates that there must be at least 4000 bandits in the villages north of Cunton City.

FRENCH MISSION.

PROTEST FROLI THE KWANGTUNG order to prevent further demonstrations. There was considerable trouble a few days ago when a number of students at tempted to return to the schools con- ducted by the Mission.

The Han-Treasurer submitted his re- port showing on fixed deposit, st & per cent, the aum of $461.55 and cash in hand "The Red menace in Kwangtung. The overcrowding of Kowloon ferry

$52.01... grows daily greater. The Executive Com mittee, the army, and the navy, are all in boats during the rush hours was discussed the hands of Russians. Wong Ching and the Hon. Secretary was instructed to Wai, Cheung Kai Shek, and Hi-Sung write to the Secretary of the Star Ferry Chee are merely figure-heads The Uni Co., upon the subject

versity of Kwangtung, the Labourers'. Union, and the Farmers' Corps in the various districts are acting as pro- paganda centres for Russinne.

K.C.R. WORKERS.

It is a regrettable fact that the anti- HOW THE CHINESE SECTION IS The police in Canton are stationing Rad forces have either been disarzed

FINANCED. extra men round the French Mission in or subdued by the Cantonese troopa.

Cheak Yan Ki has been defeated, and part of which was reproduced in yes. A recent article in the Canton Gazette, Leung Hung Kai has been captured,

Ngai Bong Feng hos fled to Hongkong terday's issue of the Daily Prent, Li Fook Lum has capitulated to the contained the announcement: the workers Reds.

on the Chinese Section of the Kowloon- FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]·

“Reinforcements" in many places are Canton Railway were dissatisfied at anid to be ready for action, but they make the difference between the wages puid The students of Kwangtung Tiniversity,STRIKK PICENTS.

no move, and what can they do with the to them at present and those received by There are increasing complaints regard Red Army in Kwong Chow 1 which is now controlled by the Rolsheviks,

similar employees of the Yuch-Han and "I recently wrote an appeal to the Kwong-Sam railways in the same area are protesting against the proposal that ing the lawlessness of the strike pickets,

and General Chang Kai Shek is consider Central Government for aid, but though An interesting sidelight on this matter they should be sent as reinforcementsing replacing them with Whampon the situation is moving from bad to was supplied yesterday when a Daily for the Red Armies operating to the south Cadets. Some of the picket leaders, it is

worse, the pubitive expedition which I Press representative had a talk with Mr said, want to stop the strike and boycott.saked for shows no signs of arriving of Canton. The students at first express. They consider they have been duped by

H. P. Winslow, manager of the British *** The people of Kwangtung are rescent Bection of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. eat willingncas to undergo military in the Bolsheviks because whilst styled fut against the Rods, who under pretenos I have no knowledge of the wages struction. They regarded it simply as Special Commissionors "they are given of protesting against recent incidenta in actually being paid at presmit in the Shanghai, are blockading communica | workers on the Chinese Section,” said form of physical training which was partDo voice in the Government,

tions with the result that the transport of Mr. Winslow, " but I should imagine of the curriculum, but the idea never

foodstuffs for Chinese abroad is cut off, that there is little difference between the tered their heads that they might be

traveller movements are being stopped, scale of pay for the various grades of and markets are being ruined -",:,,",

**In my opinion the poeple have not been made suficiently aware of the Bed

HELD TO BANJOM.'

Mr. Chu Chock Han, one of the most called up for "active service" by the powerful of the followers of the late Dr. Ban Yat Sen and a former district 'magis Reds. Parents are now threatening to trats and Bed Commander, is now a cap withdraw their sons from the University tive in the hands of bandite near Canton, unless all thought of sending them "toIt is said that the bandite are asking for according to reporta current in the City.

war" is abandoned.

The Kwangtung University, it will be regembered, is the educational institu- tion which oflared free lodging and tui tam to the Hongkong students who did

mot wish to return to this Colony.

a ransom of $200,000

workers fixed by the management of the Chinese Sextion of the K.C.E. and those of the two other Chineno Railway

Prior to the recent trouble, i tha concludes the writer, I swear that will financed with British capital. Now the "As I am a native of Kwingtung, entiro Kolom-Canton railway was

not willingly become a submissive Chinese Bection is being ran on the day's Mr. Chu came under the suspicion of subject of Rod Russia or allow the takings, which might be roughly calculat the Bolsheviks and it is stated that his Province tor become Red Rumi's Colony,od to smount (I am speaking without reason for going to the country was to If we promed forward under s chief who figures) to about #2,000. This would jus dodge the expected summons for his ap would take the whole responsibility the about cover the cost of running, without pearanco at the Headquarters of the movement of the anti-Roda would be leaving much over for the payment. of Garrison Commissioner.

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