Police Force Entrance After Incident with Women From Ocr Own Connesroxoesr Hankow, July 24.
The continued high temperature and the drought are probably responsible for one or two incidents which have tended to make night more hideous than usual in summer. one case ese women, searching for a little relief from the heat on an open verandah, found themselves the objects of 1 mannered chaff from some servants i ign club on the other side lof the street. The women summoned their men folk, and the: latter wont down to demand that the police interfere. 'The police tried to do so, but could not get into the club and' held a lengthy argument with the servants, Finding the servants insolent the police sent round to the station for reinforcements and after some effort got inside the building and secured two of the servants. The: latter attempted to secure help from their foreign employers, but the Superintendent of Police held to his captives and directed that they be brought before the Chinese court in the usual way.
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