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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1931.

MAINLAND IN AN found

UPROAR.

JAPANESE MURDERED BY SAVAGE-MOB.

EMERGENCY ORDER,

the

himself. In

midst. of a bowling mob. He was rescued by the police, who, subso quently reinforced by emerrone drafts from the Water Pollco Station, broke up the gathering by dint of reported baton charges fed by the Assistant Superinten

dent of the district.

A particularly vicious and callous attack

aged Japanese was upon an carried out in Kowloon the victim extremely fortunate to

now

A Government Cazette Extragr-escape as lightly as did. dinary was lagued yesterday after- The Incident occurred in the

the vicinity of noon, promulgating as follows:

buildings The Colony is declared to be which are in the course of con- subject to the provisions of struction near Victoria View. A Sections 7 to 14 of the Fence Chinese, armed with an axo, rush-

ed out on the Japanese an he Ordinance 1880. Preservation

walk The Police Reserve is called out od past, and struck him on the for service until further notice. hend with the back of the weapon.

The Armoured Car Company of the Volunteer Defence Corps is called out for service until further notice.

The injured man collapsed under the blow, and no he lay prone on the ground, a gang of coolfes hurl. ed stones at him.

Except in so far as any of the

A passing European civilian seal- Regulations heretofore made tered the attackers, and called for under the Emergency Regulations the police, who, upon arrival, com Ordinance, 1922, have beened the now buildings in searchTM of expressly amended or rescinded, those responsible for the outrage, all such regulations are confirmed but so far as is known, no arrests and remain in force.

Terrible Murder nt Kowloon City

The week-end saw the most serious and violent riots at Kow- loon, which during the week had been free from anti-Japanese dis- turbances.

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were made.

was able to

In the meantime, the Japanese had recovered, and limp home without assistance.

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Attacles in the Streets. Reports of clashes in many dis- tricta on the mainland came pour- Beginning early on Saturday, ing into the various police stations Japanese in Kowloon streets were throughout the day, but the strict the streets by attacked by howling mols and patrolling of badly manhandled until rescued Argylls, Jats and police prevented by police. Affairs developed most of the disturbances nasum

and by more serious aspect as the day ing serious proportions, progressed, and culminated with Sunday the position

appeared well the brutal

murder of six members under control. The evacuation of

to

police stations, of family of Japanese at Kowall Japanese

a strict loon City--the first fatalities of and the organisation of a the local riots.

patrol in all streets brought about while the The family, which was named this state of affairs, Yamashita, lived in the Trang Foo heavy rain that felt all forenoon

do lot to villas at the Po Kwong- village, in Howloon had

in about a mile from Kowloon City, quietening the crowds. and was not known to the police. One of the earliest attacks in When it was first learned that Kowloon on Saturday was against there were Japanese there, a small Mr. Nomura, who was not upea ly party went out from the Police Chinese workmen in Peking Roait Station to see if assistance was about 10 am. Reued by police, needed, and on arrival found the he was taken to Kowloon Heapital villas surrounded by a dense with a fractured skull and yes-

estimated at 1,000 Chinese, terday was reported to be crowd estimated at While

reinforcements were aunt

sent critical condition. Later in the vicinity, Mr. far, the police endeavoured to dis-RADIS

and Mrs. Kitamata and shill child be perne the crowd, but met with a vigorous resistance and batons came the object of an attack of a wore drawn and shota fired. big crowd, and a baton charge necessary before Later more police and a platoon of by police was Argylls arrived and in a desperate they could be rescued. Mr. Kita- hand-to-hand fight managed tomato received a severe scalp wound enter the villas.

while his wife had deep cut with hatchet, but they are not in danger.

Terrible Scene.

The scene there was a terrible one, for the crowd had spared neither person nor property and the rooms were a veritable shambles.

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Canton Road became a haltle-: ground about 0 p.m. on Saturday when 10 fapanese чеге pelted with flowers pois and stones from

of volice

The entire household comprising upper floora. A crowd sur Mr. and Mrs. Yamashita, a nurse, rounded the inpanese who would three children and an

an aged woman have been badly dealt with but had been savagely attacked with for the arrival a party of

of choppers which had inflicted terrible Injuries. Mr. and Mrs from Tsimshatsui. A fire engine from Mongkok, under the super- Yamashita were dead, and the vision of a European officer, whe other five were taken to the Kow-received slight injuries, did good loon Hospital where four of them work in dispersing the mob. dted. The only survivor is a child about three years of age,

Soldiers and Police Injured.

A similar attack bróke

ont

In the battle that had taken place between the authorities and higher up in Shanghal Street, and the Chinese, there were several party of Argylla reinforced the

casualties. Two Chinese were police in order to quell the out- killed and many

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wore injured while several police and soldlers were struck by flying stones. Ten Chinese found in the house when the police entered were taken into custody.

The victims of the outrage were:

aged 41,

Shimziro Yamashita,

the father. Habu Yamashita (30),

mother.

the

Shiro Yamashita (4), a son, Myoji Yamashita (9), a'son, Ayo Yamashita (74), grand-

mother,

and Simich! Yamaguchi, nurse-

maid.

Beton Charges. Matters assumed a perilous complexion for a Japanese who in Bowring Road, Kowloon,

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