Aug. 19.
When Gen. Chen Chiung-ming With the arrest by the Municipal Police, on Monday afternoon, Gen, ' Teng Yen-ta, known' a Comrade Borodin's right hand man, who played an important role in the Wuhan regime in 1927, a severe blow has been dealt to' the Chinese Communist Party, The of 18 of his. comrades; including "General" was addressing a gran
two girls, in a house at 3) Vu Yuen Fong Alleyway, off Vu Yuen Road, at three o'clock on Monday after: noon when the police arrived a took them into custody. The polic made the arrests at the request of the Shanghai and Woosung Gendarmerie "Commissioner, a of whom applied yes.
joining to the Second including Gen. Teng, will be Nanking under "heavy guards either to-day or to-morrow for trial by the military tribunal which will also hear the case of the two alleged foreign Reds, the culeus, When the case came up for hei Ing before Judges Soong, (oresid ing), Kao and Yih in the High Court yesterday morning, evidence of arrest was presented' by Mr, instant Municipal who was present for the police, According to police evidence, oficiais of the Shanghai and Woosung Gendarmerie Commissioner's office, having received a report to Rect that Gen, Teng and a number of his comrades were going to hold a meeting at No. 20. Vu 'Yuen Fong on Monday afternoon, sought the assistance of the Municipal Police, Inspr. Ross of the Bubbling Well "Police Station accompanied detectives of the Gendarmerie Commissioner's address. When officers there, a meeting was actually' sing on in the House and it was presided over by Gen. Teng. Accordingly, those attending the ing, 13 in all, were put und and taken to the police st tion.
Acting upon information furnished by the arrested persons, Mr. Chang told the Court, police conducted two more raids, one 'AL Seymour Road and another at 1989 Avenue Road, and made more arrest. The house at 741 Seymour Road was occupied by Loo Haung-yi, an alleged member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party who. was amongst those arrested at 20 Vu Yuen Fong. A search of this address resulted in the seizure of large quantity of Communist revolted in Canton, he, Teng told. the Court, was called back to the south by Dr. Sun to fight the rebel leader, After Gen. Chen's failure, hho assisted Gen, Chiang Kai-shek jin organizing the Whampao Mili itary Academy, and later became head of the Political Training Department of the Academy. In 25, he left Canton for Germany study polities economics land it was at that time that he be-interested in the doctrines of, Marx. Returning to Canton a year afterwards, he was appointed head of the Political Training Depart. ment of the Commander-in-Chief's Chiang Kai-shek's) Headquarters and then took part in the first Northern Punitive Expedition.
When Hankow was captured by the Nationalist troops, Teng continued, he played a leading role in realization of the now defunct Wuhan Government, of—which many of the noted Left Wing members of the Kuomintang, including Me. Wang Ching-wei, Mr. Eugene Chen, Dr. George Hsu Chien, etc. were members, He, however," wai forced to flee from the country in June, 1927, when there was a split the Kuomintang and when Gen. Chiang Kai-shek formed another returned to and was at [present chairman of the Mover: Commit, of the "Keomntang feng told the Court. denied he was a Communist and ted he was in favour of the Left ing of the Kuomintang and that he had close connections with leaders of the present Government.
In conclusion, Teng stated he vias not opposing Gen. Chiang Kalfhek'as am individual, and. what was. opposing was' the regime dictatorship. His intention was create a really "democratic' Government for China, He. was discussing with "his friends" the question of China's "economic" conditions "on Monday afternoon when he was arrested, Teng stated.
'When told that. the local. Gen: darmerie Commissioner's repre sentative had ma¢ application for his extradition, Teng' stated he: was vigorously opposing the plication because, he tvery citizen of the Chinese Re public enjoyed freedom of speech Jand meetings in accordance with the provisional constitution pro mulgated by the Nanking Govern-tment and because he had. not violated any laws in Shanghai.
Other accused also opposed the Titerature in English, Japanese, and} ter were unable to produce any Chinese, og well as a pass book on|titence "to auppost. the charge the China State Bank showing @/apainst them, Loo. Hsung-y, the of over $7,000. While the/alleged member of the Central was in progress, a man who appeared to be a messenger entered the house and was taken' into custody.
The house at 1389 Avenue Road had been vacated prior to. the aval of the police "It was used living quarters by some of the prisoners Who were" apprehended ut 20" Vu Yuen Fong. At. th small" quantity of Comature and photographs of of the accused were found, counsel stated.
Detectives having corroborated Gen. Teng, questioned by the Court, denied having committed offence against the internal security of State as alleged by the police.
made to the Court a lengthy statement in which he said he had been a soldier since he was 16 years old and that he returned to Shangtiai about ten months ago after' travelling in the various provinces - for about a year, He, Teng' fold the Court, entered the Military School at "Ningpo when 16 years of age and, after remaining there for two years, he went to. the north to study in the, Paoing tu Military Academy. Three years afterwards, he joined the Kuomintang and was appointed by Dr. Sum Yat-sen to take part in military operations in, Fukien Pro vince, Since the Kuomintang, mem hers were oppo Marsh Wu Petu, the alleged militarist, me took part in a number of battles against the former Chibli warlord in 1922, Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, stated he was opposing his extradition because, even grant-Jed that he had violated the laws of the Government, he had certainly not violated any of the military aves and, therefore, the Lunghua military tribunal had no jurisdic-ion over his case, He asked the Court to give to his pleadings.
Messrs, Tsai Lo-ching and Chang ITse-ziang, counsel for the defence, Jdrew the Court's attention to the fact that the Eunghua military} court had no jurisdiction over the accused in accordance with the Law Governing the Punishment of Persons who Commit Acts Injure the Republic of China, which provides that military tribunals shall have jurisdiction to try cates involving. reactionaries only within areas where. martial Taw is_ force. 'In Shanghai, counsel told ithe Court, martial law was not in Hlorce at the present, so the Lunghua military court had no right to hear the ease and so the High [Court should not grant the Goa Jdarmerie Commissioner's application fr accused's extradition.
a reply, the Court held that, since accused had been arrested at the request of the military authoriies and since the Shanghai tial Potice did not want to' profseeute them in the Settlement Court, the Court would grant. the application for accused's extraditio,
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