The Archive · 1940

Russian Paper Indignant

The employment of Russians to fill the place of the strikers was the subject of a violent tirade against foreign workmen in an article which appeared yesterday in "The Far Eastern Times", a Russian daily. The article declared that the utilization of Russians to act as strike-breakers could only serve to arouse the antagonism of the Chinese and result in racial hatred, The article then went on to HERE hei? piece he be) the victim into tha one of them took the car, Xb licence plates 412, away.

was discovered later in the morning in Jessfield Road. No traces of the victim, nor of the kidnappers had been found.

It was believed that this crime was also committed for ransom, since victim is considered to be a wealthy man. Police investigations failed to show whether the man was connected with any political organizations.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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