The Archive · 1925

An Inflammatory Author

Inspector T. Givens, of the Mu cipal" Police "Intelligence Depart ment, told the Court that, during the month of May, Liu was tary of the Labour Club in Chay From April to May he was practically in charge. "He was a well known agitator and caused considerable trouble among the mill workers, whom he influenced to strike. During March, he made more than 50 speeches of a very extreme nature. He was also known as Wong Ping-hua and distinguished himself as an inflammatory author and a notorious opponent of the present social system. He was also very active in strike circles and a leader in the anti-foreign and "anti: imperialist" movements. The Chinese authorities wanted him for committing various offences there.

A Chinese detective corroborated this statement and produced Vhotograph in which the accused end the notorious Bolshevik, Li Lih-san, were seated in the centre of group.

The Court ordered that accused should be handed over to the Chinese

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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