The Archive · 1927

BEAR v, ELLIS &

"two of the litigants in the recent Jday, be delivered the Ewo shared to Emmanuel. Ellis at the latter" office and thet Elis refused to. accept them, giving no re told me that he was not in tion to take delivery of the "continued witness," and that I during a quarrel; the death in should go out and ell them at the bespits! on April 2 of a Chinesel robberies committed these reports and unarmed highway] Jand foreign influence in China and sharebrokers' case, again. came be-urged that corrupt members of the] Chinese wealthy classes be eliminate Two were sentenced to imprisonment] eleven persons were apprehended. prior to April) best price I could get. I asked female who was assaulted on Sing-him about the difference and he kelpang Road on March 81 during a fed and their property confiscated Jack said he would do his best to pay. digpate aver a gambling debt; the and nine are under remand.

Simultaneously with this propaganda me in a few days but would not Gmurder "of Sirdar' Sahib Buddha Armed. Abduetion—On April 15 the organization of the workers give me a post-dated cheque." Singh who was shot on Foochow an ex-Chinese army officer was proceeded apace. Ench day was) Witness went on to say that he Road on the morning of April 6; the! marked by the formation "of new] marder of an unemployed Chinese decoyed to a house in the Sinza offered the shares to two or three district and there held by six men) unions and considerable increases in brokers and at 3 o'clock in the ship's. steward who was shot dead in armed with pistols and knives who] the membership of those already Jagternoon (on Settlement day) sold bath house in Wayside district on demanded sums of money ranging operating. This continued up to April 11; the murder of a Chinese) them. to: Ganabaager & Ao. at Ie, April 12, the date of the anti-Com-colle who was shot dead by armed from $5,000 to $40,000 for his re-Tease. The victim made his escape Jmunist coup when, according to re-Cross-examined by Mr. Render robbers. in Yangtszepoo district. on, April 22 whilst temporarily left} Viable estimates, there existed in Harris, witness said thet there was April 153 the death in hospital on nominal rate for the shares that Two men have been the vicinity of the Settlement no April 21 of a Chinese woman who arrested. The manager of 2 Chinless than 320 Inbour unions with ai day, and that Gensburger & Ca, was shot by armed robbers in_the Th plaintiff, in his Statement of membership of 55,000, five peasant] Yangtszepoo district on the previous ese steamship company was held up were the people from whom to had claim, pleads that by contracts in {in the Western district on the morn-organizations with a membership of} lly bought the shares on bee writing dated respectively: Novem day; the murder of a Sikh watchman whose dead body bearing axe wounds ing of April 25 by four men, two|2,000 and several Communist youth] ber 29, December 2, December 3 and half of Mr. Elis. Promises of shorter] December 14, 1926, defendant agreed fon the head and face was found at) armed with pistols, who boarded his societies.

In a Hole ear and demanded a ransom of|hours, higher wages and exemption to purchase the following shares: hile home in the West Hongkew dis from rents and taxes were among 1,200 shaves in the Ewo Cotton Mills, "I was in default, continued wite trict on April 22; the death in; $5,000, He obtained his release on Forpitat on April 28 of a Chinese! payment of $700. the inducements held out to the La,, at Tls. 9.80; 1,000 shares in the ness," I had to pay the Gensburgers. at_ Tis. ard was ina hole, Four thousand workers to join. The main factor of] Ziangbe Rubber Ca., Ld hep assistant who was fired at a Traficking in Firearms, ete—the success achieved, was, however, 1.90; 1,000 shares in the Tanah odd taels is not a paltry sum to wounded by armed robbers in the Three foreigners and Chinese Rubber Estates, Ld,, at Ts.

Ime. Mfr, Ellis has put me in a hole a widespread fear of the Shanghai Merah Wayside district on March 28; and were arrested during the month for General Labour Union. Called into 1 1,000 shrees in. the Tanah) more times than I can remember," the murder of a Chinese female who trafficking in firearms when

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