The Archive · 1931

Visit to Hongkong

Four of the men so rounded up Jare letter carriers, pounced upon while asleep in their quarters in the Fatshan post office. Three are women taken at their homes, The remaining two are workers in shops shat make New Year cards, and their actions lead to the downfall of the entire nine, For they "had made a trip to Hongkong, and bad Jattended there a secret conclave of] radicals, Detectives shadowed them and took them in tow after they got back home, Close observation had brought to light so much that to deny guilt was useless, Confessions obtained, the nine are to be transferred to the Canton jail to avait trial, Also on six, across the river from this city, not far away. Whether they are ts or ordinary bandits is but they could not have] been making guns and ammunition for any good cause. Where they got their machinery is a mystery, bat in their workshop were thre up-to-the-mark machines for manufacturing gun parts. Even machine guns and automatics had been turned out.

'The College Dispute By January 1, Governor Chen 'Ming-shu is to' have effected a. settlement of the Chung Shan University unpleasantness. Chiang Kai-/shek has wired to say ax much, and the out Chancellor, Tai Tien-chow, has also sent a communica-

Tsingtao, Jan.

The Dairen Kisen Kaisha steamer Changchun Maru which left here yesterday morning for Shanghai saved three fisherman out of six who have been struggling for life on board the wrecked fishing vessel, the Rinsei Maru No. 1, off the Takung Island, near Shantung Pen insula.

The wrecked vessel encountered a terrible storm while fishing off the Stone Island. Some 23 fishing vessels with 130 men on board have been Jengaged in fishing since the night of January 9 off the Shantung Peninsula, but only four vessels have! returned here safely. According to fisherman who was saved, all these fishing vessels are almost despaired of. However, the Fishermen's Association here dispatched a relief boat to the scene and at the: same time asked the Japanese Consulate fand the naval staff stationed here to take immediate measures for the tion" expressing his displeasure with the way the students have been behaving.

No more are the pickets parading up and down, on and about the school campus, but that does not signify that the students are submitting to discipline, Far from they beat a teacher about three days ago for suggesting that they listen to the admonitions of the men who think it best that they obey their superiors from now pr. They are in nasty a frame of mind as ever.

Removed but for a few hours when word came from Nanking thut news censorship was to cease the lid was clamped right on again, and kept on until last Thursday. Commander-in-chief Chen Chi-tang has at last consented to get along: without muzzling the press, and from this time on the tone of all the dailies. may be expected to improve. relief of the missing vessels.

No Japanese war ships have been staying here, and accordingly, the Japanese local authorities wired to the naval authorities at Port Arthur for relief measures-—Rengo.

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