CANTON OUTRAGE.
JOURNALISTS ILL-TREATED. VICTIMS OF CHINESE MOB. (bt cabi*—pmass association—coptbxoW.) CuuTxa'a TSxaanAMS.) (Received September Bth, 12.45 aan.) SHANGHAI, September 7. Ad outrage was perpetrated at Canton. Two British journalists, J. Cox, "Daily Express," and F. Oliver, "Morning Post," went to Canton as special correspondents. They wore pursued by a crowd of 1000 strikers, brandishing sticks and attempting to surround tho newspaper men. Finally the Britishers took shelter at tho headquarters of the Labour Army, whore they suffered added indignity. Surrounded by Whampao Cadets with fixed bayonets, a heavy chain ten feet long was tightly clamped to tho necks of the newspaper men, who were incarcerated in a filthy stench-ridden prison. Tho crowd clustered round the prison clamouring to kill the foreigners. Tho pressmen had no food for fourtoen hours.
Later, three officials ordered tho removal of the chain, and took them to tho Cadets' headquartors, where the latter apologised profusely for the treatment. Later, Messrs Cox and Oliver were conveyed to Shamecn.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18481, 8 September 1925, Page 9
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163CANTON OUTRAGE. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18481, 8 September 1925, Page 9
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