Origin of Trouble With Formosans Explained Shanghai, Sept. 14.
Details of the activities of Formosons in Foochow which have led to the arrest of five of their number jon suspicion of being concerned in outrages against the authorities who have been suppressing gambling lens in the city, as reported in yesterday's "North-China Daily News," [were made available yesterday. According to the information placed at [the disposal vf this journal, not ight since September 5 has been fallowed to pass without some bomb explosion or pistol battle there.
Owing to its proximity to Formosa, Foochow has a large Formosan population, some estimating it as high as 20,000 persons. Many of them, it is alleged, make their living by funning gambling houses and opium dens and of recent months the Chinese authorities have made Jo determined <ffort to rid the city' fof these pests. The method adopted has been to surround houses suspect fed of harbouring these dens and arrest any Chinese seen going in or lout. This has. considerably affected the illicit business being conducted Jond the managers of the houses are known to have deeply resented these unwelcome, attentions.
The result has been several active [clashes with the Chinese gendarmerie and several shooting affrays, In lone of these a Formosan, an occupant of one of the dens, was wounded in the foot. After this the situation became more serious. On the night lof September 9 there were two bomb explosions In the streets of Nantai fand_the walled city. On the night of September 11 another bomb was thrown In Nantai and a member of the Peace Maintenance Corps was wounded.
reported that criticisms of Gen. Chen Yi, the Governor of the province, for his weakness in sup-[pressing the opium and—gambling houses in Foochow are responsible for the present drive. In the mean time the Japanese authorities are cooperating with the Chinese in pute ting down the evil.
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