The Archive · 1932

New Radio Station

Nanking, Oct, 19, the "newly constructed Contrat 'The broadcasting of messages by Broadcasting Station at Nanki will "commence on' "November 1 the birthday" anniversary" of the late Dr." Sun "Yat-sen. Attempts willie" made to reach Geneva Where the Council of the League of Nations willie in session next coma a cropper so many times, a each time his position has bacon weaker. He is now without an army, without money, and without even any political following. informant considered him quite! sincere in his political views, but said he was really a very emotional description that I was! surprised to hear. Feng would, express the most reasonable moderate views in pri versation, but the moment into public view, received a delega tion or was interviewed by jour rialists, he allowed himself to be swept away by his feelings wasa very bad politi really of a very simple. minded nature and eschews luxury from choice and not for mere show. But by carrying these habits. to extremes, as he did last year wher visited Nanking, such as insisting on wearing shabby old clothes, eating nothing but the roughest and cheapest food, and trying, in general, to live down to coolie standards, he had offended every class of the politicians amongst whom he mixed who had quite other ideas of personal comfort and enjoyment, "even those of more Yadieal opinions.

'The murder of Messrs. 'Térnya Eckyall and their companions just outside Sianfu appears' to hi

a '0 Unpunished, altho; ome, completely forgotten already Wns been definitely exdablihed that the murderers were soldiers of the Chinese army, and the unit eon-corned is quite well known. Indeed, the Shensi provincial authorities seem to have been chiefly occupied in trying to cover up every vestige of the crime. The chauffeur of the unfortunate vietims—who Known to have uttered threats against them—has been released allowed to disappear, the car itself which, it was said, could not be found is now reported to. have been found at Chengchow in Honan, fon, the junction of the Lung-Ha and Kin-Han lines, whilst a missionary reports from bodies of the four viet recently been taken out of in which they had been concealed during. the foreign investigat wrapped in. hides and" burnt. A foreigner who has all along been in close totich with this affair. gives as his. firm conviction that" the authorities know quite well who: the apparent unwillingness to take steps to bring the murderers to justice evokes comfortable deduction, Ib is conal employees, demanding the " im: mediate and unconditional dismissal Jot this or that senior member of the sta" who has made himself objectionable to them owing to attempts to enforce a minimum of discipline in the Service.

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