Fracas Alleged to Have Resulted from Criticism on Wednesilay chil editor a ian evening published at Yates Road, wa grievously assaulted by " three Russians, It appears that the newspaper has published articles on the conduct of the Russian Officers' Club situated in Avenue Joffre. Ap= parently the troubles of the club are financial, At about 6 o'clock pam. an employee of the club called at the offices of the "Echo" to sce the editor but the latter was not in, At this time, it is alleged by sin employee of the paper, the men threatened to murder the editor, Later, at about 8 o'clock, Mr. Chilikin was in his house at 96 Joffre Terrace when a man gained Admittance and inquired from Mr, Chilikin as to the whereabouts of another. Mr. Chilikin soon after left the house and on reaching the roads way was attacked by one man, Mrs Chilikin knocked this man down and was attempting to get away when he fell over another who was crouch. ing in the darkness, He got up but was struck on the head with an iron bar by a thind, Although seriously injured, he managed to get to the roadway where he called to a French police officer who happened to be in the vicinity. Two men were arreste ced; their names were given ax Repin and Plotinikoff and they are alleged to be employed at the Russian ficers* Club.
They were Jater released on bail and_ appeared in the French Mixed Court yesterday morning. Mr. Chilikin, "whose head was swathed in bandages and whose clothes showed unmistakable signs of the tussle bearing many Wood stains, told a representative of the "North-China Daily News!" that when he left his house, the first-man carrel out "Here he is" and after the third man had struck. him with an iron bar, called out "Now go and write again about the Officers' Club." was arrested by the two years ago and Wis life hax been threatened on several reasons on account of his writings ayainst the Bolsheviks, some dispute between thr police, military, and students ass to the allocation of the percentage of receipts donated "by the Cub taxes for the privilege of conduet~ ing voce meetings on its mwn course and approached by a read built with itx own money. There must be tone explanation for the we tion taken, but exhaustive inquiries by a representative of this newspaper failed to establish anything: definite only, that the word "squeeze" was used with alarfingg abandon by. all who voiced opinions, The Club proposes to hold the postponed meeting on June 3.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.