Residence of Village Elder Raid. ed Over Land Dispute Considerable indignation and ge eral unrest prevails at present among the farmers of the Doo Ka Sah Village, to the south of Lung. hua, in connection with the proposal of the Ministry of War to allot 2,000 mow of land there: for the laying out of a huge landing field for the National Aviation Corporation, of which Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Railways, is. president.
'The climax came on September 14, when a party of some 800 of' the farmers -wont to the house of Wang Wai-sung of the village gentry, to demand that he should give an explanation of t situation. They alleged that he and the local tipao had been bribed by the Nanking authorities to. bring about the surrender of their lands, while they would be foreed to give up their properties without come pensation, Wang, hearing of their coming, had meanwhile escaped to Shanghai and a search was made for him, This was unsuccessful, so the party entered his house and smashed everything they could lay their hands on. The authorities were notified and a party of police were quickly despatched to place. Considerable argument ensued but the police finally succeeded in persuading the farmers to go. home and create no more trouble until further orders had been received from the Central Govern.
Meanwhile, the farmers have not yet been compensated for the land already seized,,
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