Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
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way, this word is pronounced Seek
who is by chance near enough quickly
settles the dispute with a swift swing
Of his foot. If beggar becomes i'm
Fortunate the Sikh soon causes him to
seurry down the street.
On the surface Shanghai is orderly.
But there is a great deal of unrest and
much crime is committed, armed rob-
berry, HOUSEKEEPING, kidnapping for ran
som, murder. Organized bands of GRIM
tnalS exist, even distinct assassination
gangs, members of which may be hired
for private killings. According to an
official report on file at the municipal
headquarters in Shanghai, one of these
q record of no less than 35 murders, all
made to order" This band was
started as a political undertaking to
make way with specified political
leaders. 1t then became an organiza-
ton devoted to professional murder for
stipulated prices. The riff-raff conSti-
tute the working ranks of these crews.
hired for shockingly small sums to do
the actual work of killing. One ar
rested and confessed murderer, men,
Der of strong gang of assassins, stated
complacently to the police that he had
committed the murder for 20 cents
silver. When asked why he followed
this improbable occupation, he said
that if he tried to get out of the gang
he would have been killed and he might
aS well stay on and be sure of food and
shelter-rice and bed, as the Chinese
coolies say.
Dangerous Days.
sThese are the crimes of peace time.
IN times of political stress there is nat
urally a considerable increase in the
number of outrages and in the boldnesS
Of the perpetrators. And there are GER
tain dates that are definitely scheduled
by the municipal authorities of Shang-
hal as days on which special vigilance
Is to be kept by the police owing to the
use of them by agitators to commence
rate various patriotic" happenings.
Following is the list, according to the
1928 records:
January 3-Anniversary of the mas
eacre" of Chinese workers by the Brit
tSh navy at Hankow in 1927.
January 17-Anniversary Of the
deaths of Paung Chen Chuen and
Huang An, two labor leaders, who were
executed at Changsha, Human, in 1922.
: January 19-Anniversary of the muir
der of Tai Chi Cha and Fang Ming
sung, two notorious labor agitatorS, in
1927.
February 7-Anniversary Of the
Peking- Hankow Railway workers strike
IN 1928, when number of labor agi-
tatorS were arrested and put to death
by the military authorities in Hupeh.
= February 8-AnniverSary Of the death
Of Lenin, the Russian Soviet leader, in
te24
March 8-International women's day.
: March 10-Anniversary of the execu-
ton of workers during Marshal Sun
Chuan Fang'S regime in 1927.
March 12-AnniverSary of the death
Of DR.. Sun Yat-Sen in 1925.
: March 18-Anniversary of the mas
sacre of students by Chinese soldiers
n Peking, 1926.
= March 21-Anniversary of the ar
rival OF the Nationalist army in Shang-
hal
March Acknowledgement of Marking
by foreign naval ships.
March 29-Anniversary of the death
81 the victims in connection with the
revolution of 1911
April 12-Anniversary of the anti
cUn---Iunistic campaign started by Gen.
Chang Kai-shek.
May international Labor day.
May 3-The Tsinan incident and an
niverSary of the Dutch East Indies
tragedy in 1927.
May Anniversary of the student
outbreak in 1919. arising from a pro-
est against the signing of the treaty
Of Versailles.
; May 5-Anniversary of the assump-
Con OF office by DR.. Sun Yat-sen in
1871 IN the Canton government.
May 9-Anniversary of the accept
ance OF Japan's 81 demands, 1925.
May 18-AnniverSary of the death of
Cnen Ch Mel, Tutah Of Shanghai dur
ing the revolution of 191l-12 (Gen
Gn1ang Kai-shek was his secretary.
May 30-Anniversary of the Marking
road incident.
June First day of the general
strike in 1925, following the Marking
road incident.
June 3-Anniversary of the anti
Japanese movement in 1919 and 1920.
June Recommendation of the s,lf-
ferings endured by DIR. Sun Yat-sen
following the defeat of his armies by
Gen. Chuin Ming in 1922
June 23-Anniversary of the Shameen
incident, 1925.
July Anniversary Of the formation
OF the nationalist government, Canton.
1925.
July 15-Anniversary of the COM
mencement Of the anti-northern expe-
dition, 1926.
= August 20-Anniversary of the assas-
$ination Of Lao Chung-kai, prominent
member Of the Kuomintang party and
the Canton government. 1925.
First Sunday in Observation-Disclosures
tional youth movement.
. September 5-Anniversary of the
bombardment of Wanhsien by British
warships.
E September 7-Anniversary of the
signing of the Boxer treaties.
: September 20-Anniversary Of the
formation of the reorganized nationalist
government in Marking, 1927.
> October 10-Anniversary of the estab-
Ashment of the Republic of China.
November ANNIVERSARY of the
Soviet revolution in Russia, 1917.
November 12-Anniversary Of the
birthday of DR. Sun Yat-sen.
December 17-Anniversary Of the
execution of Liu Hwa, notorious labor