Hankow, June 12.
Objections by prostitute to the Yead resulted in a quarrel with her wistrerses which ended in her death, according to the investigations of the Hankow police, who allege that those arrested have now confessed to their pare in the crime. The girl's bocy Was louud lying in a wooden trunk in the vicinity of the Hankow International Race Course carly on Thursday morning; the body was vadly bruised.
'Under the direction of the Chict of Police, a tour was conducted of Various establishments with whicl she might be connected, including Known but unregistered' houses of {il-fame, but the investigation seemed to be fruitless li tually the detec~ tives came to one house, where five unregistered prostitutes' were kept. All the. inmates—five women, ye films and a cook—were taken io the Station, where they broke down afler gruelling crest-examination and confessed.
One of the girls said that the deceased had not been an Inmate of the house very long, and caused a lot of trouble as she objected to the life she was forced lo lead. On Wednesday afternoon, a terrific quarrel broke out and the yider women compelled Kung Sorchen, the dead girl, to go to an upper room.
The other girls were locked in a room downstairs, and listened with terrified ears to the terrible beating the 21-year old girl was being given.
Alter about an hour, the noise stopped and the girls were freed. Thay ran upstairs t9 see how she was; taking some tea with them as a small consolation, but stopped, horrified at the sight before them.
Kung lay dead upon the Moor, her mouth tightly gagged to still ' her cries and prevent her from calling for help, and her body bearing the marks of the brutal treatment she had received.
'Blows from the older women stopped their screams, and finally, with the help of the cook, the body was carried downstairs and forced Into a trunk. "Hiring a rickshaw, one of the women took the trunk abt t the place where it was eventually' found. The rickshaw coolie was effectively silenced by the payment of $2.
Confronted by this account of the' murder, the women and the cook confessed to the part they played In said, "The Archbishop places th frown on the King's head." Th music from the great organ in the Abbey was distinctly heard and also the words "Long Live the King" As rule the static conditions round [Teehienlu are mot good but sometimes messages are picked up from different parts of the world.
The third event of importance was the departure of Mr. Hanson-Lowe Jand Mr. Floyd Johnston for Litang, Hanse and Dawe, on May 14. Mr. /Manson-Lowe is studying glaciation fon the Roof of the World and is tremend ously interested in the subject [of the movements of continents, He has written numerous papers' on Maciation and kindred subjects, He also a keen geographer and very much interested inthe great land movement. The Academia Sinica is following his work and is doing all it can to facilitate his studies throughout the Republic, Rumours persist of trouble Fastern Tibet and the latest is an insurrection in Chatrin, south of Litang. Mr. Potts Is travelling along tone side of Chattin and Mr. Hanson= Lowe along another and both may hear wild rumours of what is going this wild and turbulent part of. Sikang. Chatrin is Inhabited by a lawless sind truculent tribe of Tibetans whose allegiance wavers between Nanking and Lhasa, Sometimes this dangerous people will burn a lamasery: and-on another occasion they will destroy the Chinese yamen. And what determines their course of acon is not easy to discover.
No "Soft" Appointment When the Sikang Administration invites a Chinese magistrate to pro-joeed to Chatrin there is no great Tush for the position. The present magistrate is controlling Chatrin from the safe distance of Litang and behind the safe protection of the Chinese garrison, There are two. Tibetan chieftains in Chatrin who have fought Jeach other for, years and if the Chinese magistrate's yamen is unfortunate Jenough to come between the opposing forees—well then, look out! Apparently nothing can be done with. this wild and lawless tribe and Br. Chao, Warden of the Marches, with a large army at his disposal left Sikang without being able to subdue the Chatrinws, "It will be a thorn in the side of the. Sikfang Administration until it is controlled from the alr.
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