Honan Authorities Urged to Spare No Pains Nanking, Jan. 3.
'That the Honan Provincial authorit fes be instructed to take prompt measures for the apprehension of the murderers of Mr. Wu. Ting-sheng, Chairman of the Shanghat Chinese Tobacco Merchants' Guild, is urged in telegrams to the Ministry of Fine ance and the Executive Yuan from various quarters, including the Internal Revenue Administration, the Ningpo Residents' Association," the Fenghua Residents' Association, the family of the deceased and the Shang-thal 1st District Citizens' Association.
The messages point out that Mr. Wu devoted over 40 years of his life for the promotion and development fof the "native tobacco industry. Upon his recommendation, the Ministry of Finance established in 1934 a Committee for the Improvement of Leat Tobacco under the Internal Revenue Administration, and appointed_him Chairman of the Committee.
In the discharge of his duties, Mr. Wu had always shown the greatest impartiality, especially with regard {o the prohibition of the secret sale of leaf tobacco. His impartial "and Strict attitude in the latter respect, however, aroused the animosity of the unscrupulous, with the result that Was assassinated in Hsuchang, Honan, jon, December 30.
"The Government Is therefore urged to conduct an immediate investigation Into the deplorable affair, with a view to bringing the culprits to justice—Kuo Min.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.