The number of armed robberies in the neighbourhood of Kiukiang is also on the incre: been five murders that Chinese have entirely given lup moving at night outside the city limits. 'There was one particularly revolting murder on the Kuling Road. A.returned Singapore Chin-jose gentleman was walking out to his house at Shihlipy along this road, when about a mile outside Kiukiang he was suddenly shot through the body.' He fell and the murderer then fired two more shots Jat him on the ground. All the next day in Dr, Perkins' hospital.
Although conditions outside Kiukiang are bad, inside the city and the ex-Concession there has been a Jdistinet improvement since the Nanking hordes—that is really the correct description of them—moved on to -Hankow. The Communists, "it true, have tried to stir up trouble. Some caught distributing pamphlets have been promptly shot. It is Jdificult to find out what, these Pamphlets contain as no Chinese dare pick them up. It is as much' fas his life is worth to be seen rei jing one.
'Death by Strangulation for Girls Amongst the executed are two! girl students. They were granted. the more lenient death by strangula. tion (instead of being shot). [Whether the death is really a more' pleasant one depends on how much {the executioner has been bribed, because if he has not received what he considers the correct fee, he twists the cord and then untwisis it again, then twists it is a little more and so lon to prolong the agony. The Chin-Jose method of strangulation is not by hanging but by twisting a cond ound the neck by means of a small There is considerable local dissatisfaction with the extortionate rates of coolie hire which have to paid on all goods and cargo shi [ped through the various hulks. The shipping companies, very wisely, /have adopted the attitude that it is for the shippers to settle the rate of hire with the coolies and, #0 far, the coolies have had it all their own way. Head: coolies are making be-{tween $1,000 and $2,000 per month leach and ordinary carry coolies $50, '$60 and $70 per month.
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