1931-09-26 — Page 7

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1931.

ANTI-JAPANESE DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE

SURLY CROWDS KEPT AT BAY.

STRONG MEASURES

ADOPTED TO

CHECK ACTIVITIES OF HOOLIGANS

POSSE OF POLICE PATROL CITY STREETS:

MANY ARRESTS IN ALL DISTRICTS.

The anti-Japanese feeling among certain sections of the Chinese commnalty which first manifested itself on Wednesday night, when a large crowd of Chinese hurled stones and other missiles at Japanese shops in Wanchal, spread rapidly through the Colony and by yesterday had assumed such a grats aspect

and that the whole Police Force of the Colony had to be called out to

the situation,

reported yesterday, Japanese shops in Wanchai again fell victims to the stone-throwing tactics adopted by the demonstrators on Thursday night, While things were happening at Wanchal, the Poilce in West Point district were called out on several occasions to quell outbreaks at a fumber of piecegoods shops which had Japanese good) for sale. A few establishments dealing la salte ish; imported from Japan, were also mercilessly treated by the anti-Japanese rioters,

These demonstrations were confined to the nights of Wednes day and Thursday, but the demonstrators grew bolder yesterday and attacked Japanese people in various parts of the city. All Japanese shops suspended business and sailed and barred up their doors and windows,'

The molestations of the Japanese people were "alt similar in character."

**The hooligans would pick out a party of Japanese, who would be followed by a yelling, screaming mob, shouting the words "Ta Kuf" (Strike him). Some one would then throw a stone and this would be followed by an unending fusilade of all kinds of missiles until the victim was rescued, or managed to

.escape.

disturbances except for an ine.dent. of Homunting

AWANO

At about 5 o'clock in the after it, soora noon T Tashiroa Jajan living tinued at 5 Victory Avenue, Homuntin, the

was set upon by a crowd of hock-

gans armed with bamboo poles against the police then

The man reodived an intued found", ese “We heard

in his nose, and the police were the Japanese, but

immediately notified of trouble,ahout seem to have been to strike

but when they arrived on the acche

the mob lind dispersed, the

An ugly incident occurred on tha The first of the four men charge!

Yaumati Terry Ann Chi agsabot

1 p.m. A Japanese, who was be-ed admitted disorderly conduct and ing followed by a hostile crowd, was fined $25 of a month = "im-

three denied the charges and their

decided to evade them by travelling prisontent in default. The other.

on the ferry from Hong Kong to Yaumati, Many of the fojowors boarded the ferry and kept on

cases were put back.

Before the other cases wore pro seeded

MrMurphy (Arg

the collection of a crowd round the Launting the Japanese paresinger.

MARVELAS Thanga besarme serious in the con- Constable. The girl was taken to

www.tral fairway where the crowd de the polico tion, where she was manded the coxwalb to stry thesistant Directory of Criminal In Later identified by t member of the Flying Squad as the daughter of bis cousin!

At this time the passenger notio) | In od Japanese launch in the | vicinity, and ho "lost no time in Although the district betwaoned up by the launch, while his perse jumping overboard. He was pick No. 2 Polido Station and Nága"

saki Jon's restaurant was throng ed with Chiness from 7p.m.; not ing very serious was reported, though there were several cases of stoning. The mob adopted a new attitude last night. Instead of throwing stones at the shops from } the streets, certain people were found on the tops of the house throwing bricks and stones at the police pickets. In this connection, Private Hughes, of the South Wales Borderers, arrested a mad whom he saw throwing a large piece of brick at a member of the Sharp shooters. The missile, fortunately missed its target. i

vestigation appeared in Bourb and said he was there in connexion with the anti-Japanese agitation end he take a very serious view the would like to ask his Vorakip Lo cutors had their ardour somewhat cases which were before him and their victim dampened by the disappearance of | in which the charges were - Ioved **] against the slefendants, - His Worf |ship was asked to consider imposs MAXIMUM PENALTIES:ing the maximum penalty. Other charges of a similar nature, would |be <ürbaghts against other ^^ersons » bo-morrow.g

*** Gang of Agitators.

ASKED ARA

Thursday's rowdyism in Wan- chai and West Point resulted in the appearance of eleven persone It appeared, said Mr. Murphy, before the Magistrates yesterday, that the well-organised gang of eight from the West Point district agitators started in Wanchn die and three from Wanchat trict on Wednesday night and Some of the cases were dealt again last night as well as in other with yesterday, but the majority parts of the city. The mous, wore were put back, Mr. T Murphy, defying law and order and a seri Assistant Director of Criminal In-ous attitude had to be taken. They vestigation, who prosecuted yester had to be taught that they must Reserve L.B.P, Stoned.

day, made a statement to his Wor respect life and property in the Another instance of stoning the ship in the course of which he Colony police occurred when Mr. Sirdar pointed to the seriousness of the

Mr. Murphy ccmmerted upon Khan, A.S.P. (Reserve) went to the outbreak and asked that the maxi- the huge squads of folico, which assistance of a Japaneso who was mum penalty be imposed. They had to be sent to the districts being pelted with stones in Hen must be taught to respect life and affected and remarked that they nessoy Road. Mr. Khan went up Property," said Mr. Murphy had to be dispatched largely at to the man with the intention of

Indian Constables in Danger.

the expense of other districts taking him ander escort, but the charged with disorderly conduct cers at the present time

Cheng Yung aged 16, wat which had insuficient police off crowd thon dirgeted the stones at Queen's Road West, near the Ko both Mr. Khan and the Japanese. Shing Theatre, the defendant ad The reservist then had to take themitting the charge man to his house from whence, he Detective Sergeant W. E. Meamonstrations It was getting very sent for a picket which took the down, who made the arrest, inform man to the station..

If very heavy penalties were not impesed, they would not have the desired effect of checking the de serious. The last agitation against

were imposed, resulting in the strenuous and smartpenalties movement dying down in threa day

A Japanese shop in Queen's Road od his Worship that there was the Japanese was in 1923 and very East came in for a lot of attention in the Western District. I started lot of trouble on Thursday night from a mob who had gathered near as an anti-Japanese demonstration the Grand Theatre. The mob and ended almost by a rint. At broke down the wooden boards 11.15 p.m., as a result of the dia with which the windows were pro- turbances, witness was on duty tected and had begun to sneh the and saw several hundred copie windows when the police arrived and gathered in Queen's Road, near the the crowd scattered. Houses in Lock Ko Shing Theatre

EMERGENCY CALL FROM NIPPON CLUB hart Road and Johnston Rodd also

All members of the local Police Force not detailed for duty were confined to station. Strong patrola were sent out to keep order in various districts, while the Police van and several motor lorries, carrying members of the Emer geney Unit, were in great demand and were asen dashing, through the atreets of the city with uniformed men on board.

Details of yesterday's outbreaks will be found below. The first de monstration against the Japanese took place in the heart of the pity,

when mob of several hundred hooligans, a good many of whom were boys, were seen to maul three Japanese sailors who had come ashore from their ship.

Just before 2pm a call came through to the effect that mob violence was being resorted to near the Tokyo Hotel, the victims being two Japanese. Many minor at tempts at creating a disturbance were also reported to Police Headquarters during the day,

Mistaken, for Japanese,

As a result of this the unruly element kept an even sharper look out for likely victims. A number of Straits-born Chitiese, emerging from a restaurant near the Central Market, had a narrow escape from serious man-handling Mistaking them for Japanese, a yelling crowd soon gathered round, but a party of police officers gave them protec tien, and the menacing crowd were deprived of their prey. The objects of the crowd's fury were removed to a safer zone in a public motor car, guarded by six, plain-clothes Chineas/detectives.

Several of the shops hal had their doors broken in and when witness arrived on the scene e saw

Further Attacks Expected. Murphy it is going to be a -"Apparently," continued: Mr. nightly attack in various parts of the city and we are only waiting to see what is going to happen to-nig er ponted out that the police bad to charge the delin- quents under the Summary Offan- penalty being a fine of $250 or cea Ordinances, the maximum

came in for some attention from the mob, while a member of the Indian Company of the Police The oficer sorre, Mohamed Ahsan, fell and lowed by a crowd, A section of cut his knee rather badly while the assembly were throwing stones chasing an offender along Hen at the Indian officers, shouting nester Road. He was allowed to "ta" and "Don't be afraid, three months hard labour in de

go off duty and was taken home in

L'ipotok-bar.**

The defendant was seen (e- rure out of Wo Fong Stret with four Shortly after 9.30 p.m. a message stones in his hands. He went up was received at No. 2 Station to to another Joy and made as if the effect that a crowd was demon- to pass him two of the stones. The strating outside some private real other Ind, however, saw the officer deres in Kennedy Roadr. It was and both ran away. The deren at first thought that something dant was chased and, when caught, serious might result, but, rushing to the four stones were found in his the seen in motor-cars and vans, possession, police officers found that it was His Worship asked if there were The same thing any Japanese shops in the dis a false alarm. happened when they received a call. trict Detective Sergeant Meadows This time, however, there had been the shops there...

that there wors from Johnson Road at 10.30 pm replying that there were not, but goods in some stoning, but the crowd had dispersed by the time the police

Although there were crowds of people in the streets of West Point | arrived. last night, a Daily Press reporter was informed at the No. 7 Police Station that no demonstrations of

"serious nature, had taken place,

Reservists Called Out.

fault. In other cases, the offen- ders were charged with malicious damage

"I submit," proceeded the off- car, we must try and make an example of these necple if the passa are proved P

His Worship remarked that be could not take the cases this morn ing and would have to adjour those in which the defendants den:s ed the charges.

Mr. Murphy asked for an early date to be fixed in the hope that

His Woral the rowdyism would cease when

the de-

the mob took notice of the renal-

fendant for 4 hours for the apties which might be meted out in pearance in Court of his master. the present cases. PageA Fighting Attitude,

Mr. Murphy mentioned that ***Reasonably Quiet."--

large numbers of police had to In the case of Lo Kat, aged 22 patrol the districts, the Inspector The Hon. Mr. ED. C. Wolfe it was stated by Detective Sergeant General of Police himself being It is estimated that fifteen people again visited Wanchai Police Kinnear that as a result of the ousThe reclamation had to be, were arrested in the Central Dis Station at 10.45 p.m. and was inter demonstration in the district he constantly policed to prevent the trict alone, while a similar number viewed by a Daily Press repre- was standing at the bottom of mob from getting "anmunition! were taken into custody at Wau sentative. He said that things had Centre Street on duty, whom he from there, when y chai. There were two small dis bean reasonably quiet more quiet heard clapping. On looking about In the cases of those charged turbances in Kowloon, but up to the than was at first anticipated and he saw the defendant on the op with disorderly conduct Mr. tinio of going to press no report there had been little disturbances posite side of the road shouting Murphy asked his Wornip = to Policemen Ten Yards Apart.

of any riot or anti-Japanese demon in the Central and Western dis to clapped his hands and grant, bail in the sum of 8250, strations had been received from fricts. In Wanchai there had been went through characteristic fight while the police opposed. bait for The situation had by, this time the outlying districts.

some minor trouble and althoughing attitades. The officer walked those charged with malicious dam taken auch a grave" turn, that a

there was a very large crowd at 7 up to him and he ran away. After large force of polioemen. Con

p.m. and again a little before a chase he was caught sisting of Europeans, Indians and The Indian Company of the shortly after. Mr. Wolfe added 35 or seven days' hard isi-cur in o'clock, the mob had dispersed Hi Worship imposed a fine of Chinese, and a large number of Police Reserves were called out for that the Flying Squad had been default val plain clothes men, were posted in The heart of the City. In many of duty in Wanchai last night. The patrolling the district from time Bald on Fish Shops the main streets there was on Sharpshooter a Company were call to time and said that this had a when four men were trought pean constable and a ship a cap policeman every ten garda ed out during the afternoon and sobering effect on the mob. A large

It was on this time that the the Flying Squad were on

during the night... Black Maris" "fully loaded with policemen was seen to rush to the Nippon Club (Whitenway's Build- ing). It left a few minutes later with a number of Japanese as passengers, These Japanese ob viously clerks at local offices, had evidently collected as the Nippon Ulab and then sent for Police help. Incendiarism Teared.

WANCHAI 'DISTRICT,

All defendants not dealt with were remanded until this morning.

Shortly after 1. p.m. a seriou fracas took place on the waimi front.

in which the bravery of a Euro

duty section of the Sharpshooter's Com before his Worship Detective Sertain was instrumental in prevent-

pany under Mr. Dovey was also de-geant Meadows said the defendants inga Japanese from being tou ing duty and for their convenience were seen by a Weihaiwel con ly man-handled by a large rowe a large 2-seater bus belonging to stable picking up stones. The dis- which was entirely out of hane It was evident that Wanchai was the Hotel Company was placed at turbances in this instance were for whe

more serious than in the other The Japanese who had therap¬ considered the danger zone," for their disposal, The trouble started at 8:30 nearance of ship's captam, land from the early hours of the oven-Sports Fixtures Off, the mob breaking into the fished on the Praya near the Hon't. ing, semior police officers were at While it appears that the Police shops in Eastern Street wher, there Kong, Canton and Macao Ma No. 2 Station to direct operations. have the matters well in hand were large quantities of Japanese boat Company's "wharf having The Hon. Inspector-General of it is understood that they have to goods believed to have some from lauded from a motor best. An Police paid more than one visit to ceived orders to the effect that their Japanese ship. The mch threw toon as he was observed in the this district during the course of cricket and football matches ar- all the fish into the street, bars, waterfront, a Chinese Tear the the evening, whilst other senior ranged to take place this afternoon On the arrival of the police the landing place hurled a piece of officers on the spot were Mr. Lare to be postponed, and that there crowd became very unruly and coal at him and this was the sign, Booth Mr. W. Scott, Mr. will be only one squad of men on Inspector MeWalter, was struck al for a general pelting which Murphy and Chief Inspector duty at the races instead of the several times with stones mediately followed, Grant wind three

The vacant piece of ground to tho west of Wanchai, Fire Station was

Tearing that attempts might be made at incendiarem for to rush tile premises, police officers went thoroughly over the whole club and after their inspection, it we decide

thrown by the crowd. The officers A wildly yelling, crowdeurg ed to lock up tas, plub, for the rest

KADIN KOWLOON.

Mem one band of rioters take a round the Japanese whew of the days

A basket of what Appenved to le unir undsubterly-have been serios The strong turn-out of Police carefully guardad Folice con Poltes pickets were out on patrol Bah and throw it into the hartout if not fatally injured but ins officers had the effect of putting a stables, who had instructions to allow in Kowloon, keeping a drticular They all shouted tak,and creat timely arrival of Sgt. Melet stop to further violent demonstrn- no one on it. As a result of this, 3ly watchful eye on Paling And Hai ed a disturbance, post who at great personal. tions, but large crowds, in a surly Chinese girl, who persisted in walk phong Tonds where there are many In the street at the time was a hiway through the crewd temper, remained on the streets lasting across this area was arrested Japanese shops, and restportals In track load of sugar, and thinking stool by the apanese who was be-

barrage aight, Members of the Japanese com for resting a disturbance. An accordance with the general prin that it was munity having been advised by Indian constable on duty told her ciple, which it to avoid trouble au attempted their Consul, to remain pasive, that she was not allowed to arose og as possible, these places were bour, but

Baking Side atilthat particular spot, andisha ninied and the inmates kept indoors | Bergeant. togeth

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