(Continued from page 7) activities and in a comparatively short time had ridded the city of this element. A few months ago, this branch of the police, which had also been referred to as C-8, was dissolved and its staff attached to Crime Prench headquarters, although they still dealt with all cases of terrorism.
There seems every indication, that a well-organized gang is again at Work, in an effort to strew death amongst "traitors" to the Chinese cause, although it is believed that most of the Chinese in the employ of the Japanese, have long since removed to Japanese occupied territory.
Daring Deed in Kiangwan "While several "puppet" officials were assassinated in the Settlement during the past few days kidnappers and robbers have been very active of late in Hongkew and Kiangwan victimizing officials of the new Greater Shanghai Municipal Government which maintains an unarmed police force.
The latest victim is Mr. Tang Wen-yuan, secretary of the new Japanese-Supported city regime who was kidnapped early on Monday morning while he was waiting for a bus in Hongkew but released yesterday áfter he had paid a small ransom.
Mf. Tang, according to the account, was standing near a bus stop on the northern side of the Garden Bridge when suddenly two men rushed up and asked him to go with them. Tang hesitated whereupon the men produced their pistols.
The victim was forced into a waiting car in which he was driven away to an unknown destination. Just how much ransom had been paid to secure his freedom no-one knows but it was learnt from a reliable source thatthe amount was only $300. He went to office yesterday, it was learnt.
It was also reliably learned that of late gangsters often held up buses in Kiangwan and escaped only after stealing. cash from passengers mostly officials of the city regime.
...P: Schoemann Rudi Weidner O. Sónksen Käthe Döring.. Frau Charlotte Pfingsttag Frau Hedwig Müller Frau Rose Dold 2... W. Krause yusen S. R. v. Winterfeldt.z...Dr, H. Ley "li. Woeicken W. Kleemann Möbelpacker M. Tiefenbacher "When the German ADE. chose "Amazone" for its jubilee performance, it chose happily. The comedy, in three rapidly moving acts, by Leo Lenz, proved one of the outstanding successes in, the history of the theatrical organization as it was presented last night to an almost packed house at the Lyceum—an audience which included many who were not Germans. The Deutscher Theater-Ve started its life in 1925; last night's performance was its 60th and beyond question one of its best, from the points of view of script, acting, direction, mise-en-scene in general. In the first place the story is a clever one—gay, sophisticated and fraught with surprises—and the action never drags. Secondly, the cast is excellent without exception and it would be impossible to say who was the "star"
the piece. The team-play of the various actors was one of the most pleasing features of the whole effort.
The plot concerns the trials and tribulations of a young painter, Ottcker Meihold (Mr. P. Schoemann), who is hounded by creditors until a canvas of his entitled "The Amazon" brings large offers in strange manner and involves him in preposterous difficulties. His author friend, Rudi Weidner (Mr. O. Soenksen), is equi ally impecunious and shares the fortunes of the artist as they rise and fall, commenting the while with amusing cynicism. The court functionary, Heinrich Schoen (Dr. H. Ley) who comes to dispossess the painter, had some of the best lines and made the utmost of them.
Frau Hedwig Mueller, as the housekeeper, gave one of the most finished performances of her acting career, and Frau Charlotte Pfingsttag as her daughter and Frau Rose Dold as the model both proved themselves able performers. Kommerzienrat Hauser (Mr. W. Krause), Mr. Taylor (Mr. H. Woelcken) and Baron von Kelling-yusen (Mr. S. R. von Winterfeldt) were the remaining persons involved in the comedy of errors brought about by the artist's using two different models for the head and body, respectively, of his Amazon. Mr. W. Schmadtke, who directed the play, deserves credit for his work in making the combined efforts of the cast so successful.
A word of praise should be said for the special programme published on the occasion of the jubilee performance. It is handsomely produced and contains articles of general interest to theatre-goers, touching the Oriental stage as well as the western. At the end of the programme is printed a full list of the—German A.D.C. performances and a roster of the membership of the organization.—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.