Dejected because his parents insisted on his resigning his command, Capt. Wu Teh-hu, a young Cantonese air squadron commander in Nanking for the past two years, attempted to commit suicide by taking a dose of opium in his house off North Szechuen Road, on September 6, Capt. Wu received a salary of '$240 a fnonth which enabled him to live fairly comfortably in the interior. As he was unmarried, his. parents suggested that he should remit some of his earnings fo them each month so that they could save it and affiance him to a girl of their choice. This did not coincide with Capt. Wu's ideas for he failed to obey the order. Such refusal greatly angered his parents who feared that their son might have been led astray in the capital so they wrote and ordered him to come to Shangai at lonce to talk the matter over. Acc several and his parents ingly, Capt, Wa returned to Shanghai
told him to fesign at once and to} [find another job locally.
Capt. Wa is said to have replied] that fierce fighting was still going on between the Government troops and the northern rebels, that it was his duty to render his servicer to the Government, nad that it wat not his intention to resign at thit time. Hearing this, the mother! severely reprimanded the young man who became 0 dejected that he took a dose of opium on Sunday afternoon. Fortunately, this was discovered shortly afterwards and he was immediately sent to hospital. It is expected that he will recover.
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