The Archive · 1927

THE MURDER OF CHINESE} DEALER IN HANKOW

Reward Offered for Discovery of Perpetrators of the Outrage Hankow, Nov, 3.

The British-American Tobacco Ca, are offering a reward of $5,000 to anyone producing evidence lend-to the arrest and conviction for murder of the person responsible for the death of the Chinese deal-who was murdered on October }31 by members of the B.-A.T. Union because he had purchased 17 cases lof cigarettes from the firm.

The Chinese version is that the Jdealer's death was due to "sick-

]General Tang and the Communists:

Hankow, Nov, 6.

General Tang Song-chi issued orders yesterday to the effect that workers must not oppress or present unreasonable demands to their employers. He forbids disturbances by communist agitators and states that the perpetrators of any di order will be liable to, severe punish: ment at, the hands of the garrison The B.A.T. dealers opened their shops yesterday, The authorities!

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