Shih Kengesun, who was at the wheel when the motor Munch Hang Long sank in, the Chien Tang River, was sentenced to four years and months" imprisonment ona charge of negligence. 'The accused has Gited a notice' of appeal. contending that the accident occurred beyond human control, according to a Hangchow report.
The launch, hired by contractors to carry workers to the piers of the Chien Tang River Bridge under construction, left the Zahkou side for mid-stream at about 1130 pin. on January 23 with more than "100 Persons on board. Tt sank about 500 to 600 feet away from the shore, and over 60 persons were drowned, was reported that the boat usually carried about 60 to 70 workers and it was therefore overcrowded at the time of the accident. Another report said the launch fouled a buoy wire which caused a sudden jerk and a tilting. The weight thrown on one side caused the beat to list heavily, resulting in a rush of water, Tt sank in about ten minutes.
The launch was refloated on Monday. A. total of.62 bodies was recovered from the river.
After that for more than ten years the communists continued "their propaganda among the people and treated disturbances at various provinces, including Kangsi, Kwang. tung, Fukien, Chekiang, Hunan. and Hupeh, Having the protection of the people fas its main responsibility the Contral Government found it necessary seek the annihilation of the com-funnist bandits by armed forces. Thanks to the heroism of their armed comrades, the Government succeeded uprooting them from their, strong holds, and in restoring poate and order in regions where for many years there was a reign of terror and destruction.
Since their general collapse Kiangsi in 1939, the communist bandits have been fleeing to Szechuen, and the north-west. They not only terrorized the people,. but also wantonly killed them by" the thousands. Houses were burned down ruthlessly and the economic institutions completely destroyed in cities and villages.
These, the resolution points out, are focis which need no enumeration. "The crowning crime of the communist bandits, however, was What they had done since Senfember 1931 when China was plunged into a rave national crisis, Taking advantage of the Government's preoccupation with the external menace, the communists moked Kangeliow in Kiangsi during the Shanghai War. Later during
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