Mob of Villagers Attack Police Force 'A mob of over 1,000 villagers, most of whom were women and jehildren, held a demonstration in front of the Kiangwan village administration office for nearly seven hours on Nov. 3, stoning the office building and\ battling with the policemen and volunteers who were despatched there to maintain order. }Owing to the ugly mood of the de-[monstrators, the guardians of law were compelled at times to charge the mol with batons, resulting. in temporary alleviation in the situa tion. Two special squads of armed officers were sent to the village by the Nantao Public Safety Bureau and the mob was dispersed about {four o'clock in the afternoon, 'The demonstration was to the failure on part of the ese authorities toveomply with the Villagers' demand for funds to rebuild' their houses destroyed in the recent. Sino-Japanese hostilities, On Oct. 31, over 200 villagers of Kiangwas gathered in front of the Village. administration office. and presented a similar demand. Upon Going informed that the matter was fander consideration of the. authori: ties, the villagers. dispersed—but frreatencd to" come. back aga Should no satisfactory "reply" be children gathered. around' "the administration office, demanding the Inmediate allocation, by the' thorities, of funds for house construction. "Despite the explanation of the' fills hat the authorities sideration to" their demands—and already given sympathetic con
that a reply would Se forthcoming inthe next few days, the demon: strafers refused to diperse.
At one stage of they demonstration, the unruly mob tried to force fan entrance into the administration fice and, upon being refused, stones lana bricks were hurled. Subsequent= Hy, part. of the mob. succeeded. 10 cttlng into the compound of. the office, A. call for reinforcements twas "sent tothe headquarters. of the Nantao Public' Safety, Bureau land two special squads of armed Joicers "were despatched to "the village to maintain order. Although ome of the demonstrators were Selleved to have sustained minor me uries as a rennie-of police charges, no reports of serious injuries were received by° the auth mob was disperse According mgwan administration office, the village suffered the greatest dicing the recent fighting, a total of 6,500 houres, being" dettrayed ener habilttion Comumittee fecentyconrough fire or shelling.
structed a number of houses for the oer of that village, but the farmers emended funds f0'construct houses at sites selected by themaclves, se: fording to the village officials, the first to ask, he was chosen. He stripped, then put on a life belt, A light line was put around his waist and he plunged in. The crew held the boat in position. Eddie narrowly missed a sharp rock as a wave dropped him into the trough. Another comber threw him up on a large rock, just awash, and the next tone carried him off it and toward the shore. Then another comber threw him upon a shelf projecting out from shore, on which the wreckage was fairly solid. Between waves, two of the three castaways laid down across the lumber and helped the swimmer up on it. The temperature of the sen water was Two of the survivors were with-lout life belts, having cut them up for shoes, so two belts were bent lento the line and sent ashore. Eddie helped put them on and put bowlines around the men as prearranged. The boat was then hauled out on the anchor line to clear a rock that was very near. All hands then took hold of the lifeline and when Eddie signaled that they were ready. they jumped in and were hauled lover and through the surf. The survivors were spaced about ten feet apart and Eddie was on the end of the line, They were so plastered with fuel of that they looked like negroes. They were in weakened state from exposure, jand almost collapsed when they reached the ship. One of them was still sick when we arrival in Seattle jon Oct. 5 and was sent to the hospital, "We found on trying to heave up the boat anchor that it was stuck fast, which was perhaps fortunate for us, so we cut the line. The return' to the ship was uneventful except for hooking on to the boat falls which was successfully accomplished at last."
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