Why Has Nothing Effective Been Done to Bring the Criminal to Justice? Is a Hush Hush Policy Being Followed?
Writing further on the above case, the "Hankow Herald" on July able incident such as occurred at Kuling be at least reported to the 24 says:—
More than one week ago two girls, aged 8 and 10, were assaulted bya Kuling policeman. But for the newspapers of Hankow, the resi-ably still be in the dark as to the details. The case is one of the most monstrous ever to reach the cars of the writer, and the fact that not only has the degenerate criminal made hig escape, but that efforts to apprehend him "appear unmistakably insincere, reveals that only the torchlight of publicity can force ae tion.
The two girls who were the vic~ tims of the entire affair should not be revealed to the general public by name if it is possible to avoid it They were Americans, according to the most reliable information received in this city, Dut it is a weird fact that no direct information from Kuling has been given the Hankow authorities, particularly the Consul-General whose nationals Is a "hush-hash" policy to achieve any good?
Why is sno energetic effort being made by the Chinese autho apprehend the criminal?
Magistrate at Kuling at first beamingly agreed that the man who acted as guarantee for the policeman, so that he could obtain hig sinecure, be arrested. It was Inter discovered that the Magistrate himself signed the official papers.
Was the Magistrate arrested? No! Ix he even to be expected to use his greatest zeal to capture the man? It is reported that the foreigners at Kuling have demanded his resignation, Has any action been taken on this?
The magistrate at Kuling is Me, Hsia, The mayor ig Mr. Wan, The mayor of greater Kiukiang, which includes Kuling, is the highly-educated and young Mr. George Chang.
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