Hongkong, Sept. 7.
The morning papers relate the Iniest outrage perpetrated in Canton, the victims being two British jour-rialists, Mr. J. S. Cox, of the "Hong-Kong Daily Press," and Mr, FP. hiner of the "Soath China Morning 08
'Messrs. Cox and Oliver went to Canton as special staff correspond: ¢nts on Thorsday, the first trip of the British river' steamer Honam. ince the boycott. They went to the telegraph -ofice in the city without molestation to despatch telegrams to their newspapers, but later wera seen and pursued by a crowd of bout 1,000 strikers, gesticulating, Wrandishing sticks, shouting and making constant attempts to sur-ound the newspaper men. The Jatter finally were ushered into the Deadquarters of the Labour Army, where they were heaped with indignity and surrounded by Whampoa cadets with fixed bayonets. Later heavy chain 10 fect long was tightly clamped around their necks and they were imprisoned with 14 Chinese strike-breakers who had fried to return to Hongkong. The: Tatter had been incarcerated in this Athy, stench-ridden prison for more hana month, Their pursuers meanwhile were clustered outside the prison, clamouring:—"Kill the for-
The pressmen had had no for 14 hours, They to purchase four exes, a packet of biscuits, a few bananas two bottles of sarsaparilla 'At 5.15 in the after no officials ordered the removal of the hain and other officials arrived and took the journalists away in a motor ear to the cadets' headquarters, where they apologized profusely to the correspondents, saying that ignorant, undisciplined mob w responsible.
Owing to the difficulties of communicating with Shameen, the Jour. nalista slept in the enders' head? guarrers that night, At 11 o'clock Saturday morning, the British Vice-Consul, Mr. Wallis, and the Chief of the Shameen Police, Mr. Clements, arrived, and the party were ceremoniously bowed out by the Chinese, They motored to the Customs House and then went to Shameen by motorboat—Reuter's Pacific Service.
Journalist's Story of Seizure by Bolshevik The following is graphic account a what happened tothe two Hong-Kong newspaper men who Were captured and imprisoned by the Bol-live authorities In control of Can-tan last week.
The victims were Messrs. J. S.
€ox and F. Oliver, The formers description is reproduced below from Wis journal, the "Hongkong Daily Press":
To be seized, searched. forcibly a series of offensive Chinese of the labouring class, dragged at craw-Bing pace in ricshas under armed guard through the open streets for three quarters of an hous followed murderous mob numbering several thousands, chained. by the neck, and then thrown in shackles Into' a" fetid. Chinese prison cel swith 14 coolie prisoners, with whom we were forced to remain for over 36 hours—such were the experiences of Mr. Oliver and myself prior to our release by the Kuomintang officials. These officials were extremely apologetic over the mar ner in which we had been treated. As soon as they heard of our imprisonment they communicated with Shameen and stated that we should be set at liberty when a representative from Shameen could be sent for us.
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