Caretaker Assaulted by Students}
While Doing Duty In one of three serious incidents which took piece in the open air swimming bath in Hongkew on August 11, when anti-Settlement slogans were shouted, the caretaker, Mr. E. A, Roche, was assaulted by 'a number of Chinese and was badly mauled by fists and was nearly: subjected to more violent treatment, The affair began when Mr. Roche remonstrated with a Chinsee who attempted to enter the water with-cut being properly clothed. Details may be imagined, Chinese comrades. and others interfering with the care. taker in the performance of his duty. When Mr. Roche told the Chinese student that he was improperly attired, the others objected, he that he was, and) when he wanted to enter the pool in spite of Mr. Roche's argument, his friends assembled and beat the caretaker badly.
Having indulged in physical violence, the students—many of are registered at the Fuh Tan University near Kiangwan—they shouted that the pool belonged to the Chinese and that they were not lo for the acts of Settle-|* ment employees. The matter was settled after the Chinese had exhausted themselves, and when Dixwell Road police station was. formed, several constables were detached for duty there.
In another incident, it is reported that a Chinese shoved an Italian sailor in the water. The latter went to the dressing room, and havig Secured a dagger, returned, hold-his weapon in his mouth. He ied after the Chinese, who made his escape. His comrades, numbering 18, looked for the Chinese but could' not find him.
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