Brave Dash for Safety When Taken into the Country As a result of great pretence of mind, Mr. Hsu Shen-chang, a well-known contractor of the' French Conecessivn, escaped from the hands of a gang of kidnappers who had taken him into the country on March 23 and two of his captors are now in the Bureau of Public Safety awaiting trial Mr, Hsu was about to enter his private motor ear in Rue Lafayett his chauffeur having at the moment gone to felch vone water when four men, all of whom were armed, suddenly rushed from places of concealment and forced him into the ear. One of the gang took the wheel and drove off.
The petition, which was framed at the meeting, contained three important points, as follows That the chambers of commerce ere revolutionary organizations and have contributed, greatly towards the funds of the Anti-Norther Campaign: in the 16th and 17 years of the Republic, the three Chambers of Shanghai gave not leas than $160,000,000 to the fun That the chambers of commerce do not consist of corrupt persons, compradores, ete., as alleged, but responsible merchants, managers of businesses, proprietors of business, That the chambers of commerce are legal organizations, the existence of which is recognized by the Kuomintang. lased, therefore, on these grounds, the Kuomintang "Congress is re: quested to maintain the various chambers of commerce.
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