Hankow, Jan. 24, The week of demonstrations against Consular Jurisdiction has ended without accident. The par-fades which marked the completion this effort to show the supposed ill-effects of this. jurisdiction were held in. Wuchang yesterday, All public bodies. and schools gent de-
The question of the whereabouts of General Tang Song-chi has been attracting attention, but. practically no authentic information is available as the entire Honan situation is in a state of confusion. certain, however, that General Tang has net left China or even Honan in spite of earlier reports to that effect.
It will be remembered that General Tang Song-chi revolted against the authority of the Nanking Government some time during the first week in December, but as his movements were dependent upon the success of General Chang Fa-kuei's rebellion in South China, his cause collapsed when Chang Fa-kuei fai ed to capture Canton. He then placed himself under the protection of General Yen Hsi-shan and offer-fed to resign his command and sur-legations and a large number of persons joined the processions and attended the speech-making. In the evening Mayor Liu entertained 150 guests, including the Consular Body and the officers of the various navies, to dinner.
In the course of his speech he emphasized the difficulties which the Government had to face owing to the unstable political conditions, but assured his audience of his desire as a representative of the Government to see that her obligations were fulfilled. Whilst as a patriot he was anxious to see.such rights as China had lost recovered, he saw that the only right way to receiver those rights was by the fulfiiment of obligations. In. voicing the thanks of the guests for a very pleasant evening, the American Consul-General, Mr, Lockhart, emphasized the readiness of the Mayor to help in straightening out all difficulties, but expressed the wish that the number of his offices could be reduced so that he could spend more time in Hankow where he was doing so much excellent work.
An unfortunate accident happened_in the afternoon when a car driven by Paymaster Commdr. Me-Bride inflicted fatal injuries on a boy. The matter is now under.investigation by the Chinese and British authorities. It seems that the boy, who. was riding a bicycle. swerved out to get ahead of a ricsha. In doing so he either bumped into the ricsha or some part of his bicycle touched the passing car. He lost his balance and fell under a wheel of the car. Though taken at once to the Tung Jen Hospital, his life could not be saved. Commdr. McBride accompanied a policeman to the nearest police-station and communicated with the British Consulate-General, 'The officer in charge of the station felt that the matter was too serious for him to deal with, so he went with the Paymaster and a member of the Consular staff to the City Police Headquarters. After the necessary' inquiries had been made Commdr. McBride returned home. The date of the inquest will be fixed later.
Almost at the same time a man carrying a load of turnips was knocked down by a car in the neighbourhood of Chiao Kou. His left leg was badly broken and the wound was bleeding profusely. The car did not stop and none of the passers-by noticed its number, but. was driven by a Chinese. The City police are making inquiries but the Griver is hardly likely to be identified. 'The Chinese press refers to him as a "Street Tiger" and says that' the number of these beasts is Hankow, Jan, 24.
The Mayor, last night, acted a: the host at a large dinner party given to the leading foreign representatives in Hankow.
Concluding-his speech the Mayor said, "I am a patriot and lover of my country and no one wishes to See more the rights lost by my country returned to her, but T'sea that the only right way to obtain this is to fulfil our -obligations!"—Reuters render his troops on condition that the Central Governnient would give him a safe-conduct abroad. Th:
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