LAWLESSNESS IN HONG KONG
DISAGREEMENT AMONG JAPANESE NEW YORK, Nov. 27. Law and order in Hong Kong, especially in Kowloon, are rapidly breaking down, states the correspondent of the “New York Times” in Chungking, quoting a traveller who recently left Hong Kong. Murders are committed in broad daylight, in spite of the rigid but inadequate Japanese policing. Martial law is being applied with increasing frequency. Armed robberies are committed daily by otherwise law-abiding citizens, who are driven to desperation by starvation. Fifteen robbers murdered three Swedes who were living in an American house. The Japanese are unable to maintain peace among the 1,000,000 inhabitants because of the lack of co-opera-tion of the various authorities. The Governor-General (Isogai) is powerloss to act without the army and navy authorities, who constantly disagree about matters of jurisdiction. The army and navy rivalry is deadly and serious. One section of Hong Kong is under navy jurisdiction and the other under the army. Trespassing by one on the other frequently results in open violence.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23808, 30 November 1942, Page 3
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