Aware- of the intensive - city-wide search for him, Hotta thereafter moyed from one lodging to another in the Chinese city, fearing identification as a Japanese and a subsequent report to the police, In its search for Hotta, the Japanese Consular Police availed itself of the ce-operation of the police authorities of the Settlement, the French Concession, and Greater Shauzaai.
Phe Japanese minions of law did not, however, disclose the source of the tip which led them to the Bubbling Well address.
Hotta's escape from his: cell came as a sequel to a 12-month unhappy combat With-the law. He first broke into headlines in May, 1936, when the Sakae Shokai, gramophone dealers on Chapoo Road, decided to dispense with his services after he had mulcted the firm's customers of a large sum of money, Transferred to the custody of the.police) Hotta was taken to. the Nagasaki: prison, where he remained for four months.
He returned here in January and ipimediately instituted a one-man reign of terror in Shanghai's Japanese community. Representing. himself as a beggar, a detective of the S.M.P., a shop messenger, and a seaman borrowing money for carfare to Woosung, "where my ship is anchored," Hotta entered Japanese homes and either borrowed money or took it by less gentle means, 1,500 Being Accommodated by Welfare Association Two: relief camps for 1,500 famine orphans have been. recently in-|. augurated by the National Child Welfare Association of China. in Szechuen, according to a statement made by Mr, Jabin Hsu, General Secretary of the Association, yesterday. Py "The National Child Welfare Assu~} ciation of, China has taken upon itself the responsibility of establishing relief. camps for the famine-stricken children in Szechuen, Honan, Kansu and Shensi, where famine conditions are going from had to- worse, "Mr, T.-S. Chen, our Associate General Secretary, who was sent by the Association to establish relief camps, left here for Chungkiang by aeroplane two. weeks ago. During his ten days' stay, Mr. Chen consulted with local authorities' in. making preparations for establishment. of relief camps.
"The, visit. of Mr. Chen to Chung-kiang aroused a great deal of interest among the local authorities and voluntary: organizations for the relief of destitute. children, who had perhaps suffered worst than any other affected areas: A sum of $25,000 has been contributed locally as the relief fund for famine orphans in response to an appeal made by Mr. Li Hong-kwan, Mayor of Chunkiang. Besides, a financial campaign for funds is being. conducted by a, special committee.
"Through the ce-operation of local authorities and voluntary organizations, two relief camps were formally established. One relief camp for 1,000 famine. orphans is. established in Chungkiang and the other, in Tze-liu-tsing, the most affected area in Szechuen.
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