Former French Constable Chekiang and Kiangsu Also Involved Unable to Ship Cotton A nephew was brought before the And Other Commodities Second Special District Court yesterday, charged with victimizing his Whether or not Shanghai is a port uncle in an armed robbery which totoly under the Japanese control he allegedly committed together with isa matter of serious dispute between three other men including a former French Police constable. The quar-Chinese in Chekiang fette denied the charge, explaining latter's goods are being forbidden to that they were trying to borrow be transported to this city which is money. The hearing was adjourned Officially considered to be Japanese-for ten days. controlled area. An embargo has The alleged crime dates back to been declared on many native goods January 25 when three men, one of destined for Shanghai. whom was armed, broke into the Avenue Joffre residence of Mr. Chen A recent order jointly issued by Tze-kwang, manager of the Jih Hsing the Ministries of Economics and Sheng Cotton Cloth Shop, and after Finance forbade 54 main native pro-roping up the servants and cutting ducts to be sent to any Japanese-the telephone, they began to search controlled areas lest they should be for valuables. One alert amah went utilized by the enemy for military to the verandah and shouted for help. purposes. The list includes wood oil, The police came and arrested the cotton and paper which are abund-trio without firing a shot, antly produced in Chekiang and The arrested men told the police Kiangsu. that their instigator was Lu Kai-yi, The Ministries are now carefully nephew of the cloth shop manager, studying the situation with a view to and so Lu was later arrested also. determining the places which are At the police station and in court definitely to be considered under Lu steadfastly denied that he kad the Japanese influence to which no pro-intention of committing an armed duets that can be used for military robbery. He merely sent his friends purposes can be sent. Before an to his uncle in order to borrow $1,000, Official announcement of these places having gambled away most of his is made public the various Customs cash, he said. offices have declared an embargo on Kung Hsui-en, the former constable goods destined for Shanghai and the only armed man who was arrested, told the judge that although $10,000,000 Worth of Cotton he was armed he also had no inten-
The question is serious because it affects the livelihood of thousands of merchants in the interior who depend on sending goods to Shanghai. The first such serious problem is the $10,000,000 worth of cotton awaiting transportation to Shanghai. The cotton is now in Chekiang and the Customs authorities there would not allow it to be shipped to Shanghai. behalf of the Chekiang cotton merchants, Mr. Vu Ya-ching, doyen of Ningpo merchants in Shanghai has telegraphically requested the Ministries to allow the cotton to be sent here on the ground that it has been bought and will be used by cotton mills located in the Settlement where the Japanese can not exercise influence. The cotton will not be used for military purposes, Mr. Vu asserted in his telegram. No reply has arrived.
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