Shanghai, May 3, The atmwaphere of uncertainty which Max eluded the setivillew of Use First Special District Court, the bulwark of the Chungking Gov-law een further per Miss Chow and sever of her family. were abducted from their home at 19° Yun Zai Font on Yuen Road afler their return a wedding ceremony held in 2 Chinese restaurant in Foochow Road. On entering their home they were confronted by several gunmen, who at the pistol point foreed then into wailing car parked outside, The police yesterday were unable to find any trace of the vielims.
'The abduction marks another of a series of disturbing factors which lave interfered with the even tenor of the lives of several Judes and officials of the court since its premises were bombed several months age. Two months ago, it will' be Foreign Beggars in Central District Shanghai, May 6, 'The foreign beggar problem in the (Central district has been more oF Tess satisfactorily solved, with foreign me dig ents being rarely' seen in the arca, which, bu a few weeks ago, teemed with mendicants, notwithstanding the Fact that numerous hostels in' the city, established by the Salvation JArmy and Russian benevolent organ ization, were willing to take care of them, These mendicants, mostly Russian Jand gipsy, had been "working" in Nanking Road, the Bund and Yuen Ming Yuen Road, SMP. Headquarters received many letters about beggars in the Central district and went to work to clear the area, 'The Mrs, two to be given a Thorne were two Tussian women, fre~ quently seen on Nanking Road' near the Palace and Cathay Hotels, begging from' once workers during th" Tush hours. These two. were placed jin a charity establishment in Vu 'The position with male beggars was far more complicated, since the majority of them preferred to bes rather than stay In hostels, while Jothers were not acceptable to' various Ihostels because of their passion for drinking and drugs.
When the police started to clear ithe streets of these beggars, the Salvation Army and Russian ofelals Jwere approached with a request to {ake these men In, An omelal of the Salvation Army stated that their hostel in Chaoufoong Road had 58 beds for indigents, who were also supplied with two meals a day, The foMicia) stated that there was no' need for men to beg In the streets and that these men, if their Conduct was not too objectionable, could be [commodated in the hostel, 'A Russian oficial said that they had two hostels for the poor, one 222 Tongshan Road and the other at 1588 Avenue clu Rol Albert, These were {ull up, In addition' to these two establishments, the Russians keep a dining hut in Rue Bourgeat, where Jabout 50 persons are issued with free meals every day. About fifteen Rus~ sian are also housed by the Salva. tion Army, at the recommendation of the Russian Emigrants' Committee,
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