Prominent Merchants of Attack to be Launched by 19th Hongkong Murdered Army.
Hongkong, June 17.
Chinese who ran amuck in Hon, kong to-day murdered one injured three others and then ealml shot himself while sitting in the chinese, "entered." the atlees Morera,' Buvterfeld an Sire Praya, next door to Reuters. After a brief altercation, he produced Tevolver and fired at point-blank Range at Me, Perey Pakcluk 'Woo, Sonvof Mr. Woo. Hay-tong, pro: Ininent Chinese. here' and. shipping agent of Messrs. Butterfield and Hay-tong, shooting and wounding The man then attacked Mr, Woo him so badly: that be had to. be hurried to: hospital.
Canton, June 12.
To raise more money for military and administrative expenses, Mr. Chu "Fang-pao, Commissioner Finance, "has " ordered all tax "farmers" to add 20 per cent, on levies collected by them and to pay in the additional tax before June 15.
Most of the taxes are not collected directly by the provincial authorities but through the tax Pay to the jovernment a lump sum farmers" who mn levy the tax from the
saves the government much trouble, Such system of collection and detailed routine, wh Took upon thei a kind of commercial
abolish this method of collecting t one time, it was propo from the "farmers" but this is fou Reuter's manager, hearing the shots, hurried round to the scene of of Finance Woo ina dying condition. ie hat he "murder and. found Mr. Percy Instructed to. raise more money in connection with the coming expedi-shot through the shoulder and tion against the Reds in Fukien and through the head and was. beyond Kiangsi in conjunction with the the reach of medical aid. He died Kwwangsi forces and the 19th Rouke almost immediately attack will The Butterfield premises are val of all troops zvarded "by. two armed Indian Army' in Fuki. fratchinen but the jncidnt occurred Generals Li Chung-jen and. Pai so suddenly that they were com Dletely taken by surprise. The ing-kai, commander of Trung-hsi are coming to meet Gen Inurderer was able to decamp withthe 19th Route Army, who will soon Out their firing' a shot at him. arrive here. They ' will hold a The man raced along the Praya military conference as regards the and to the Japanese consulate. On suppression of Communists Kiangsi and Fukien, entering, he calmly. asked. for_the Tapanese consul. ahd was informed General Tsai has been away from that he: was out." The staff of the Canton for over a year and will emulate knew. nothing of what bad return here for a visit prior to his happened at Messra., Butterfild's assumption of the anti-Red command premises and did nothing when the in, Fukien. A" welcome committee man walked - through to an inner lofice- 'There two Japanese officials were working. 'The man immediate-opened fire, hitting one in the shoulder and' the ther in. the
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