WESTERN JUSTICE.
AN IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE
8Y CABLE—PR3BS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT PEKIN, June 23. , Li connection with the death of the American, Hawley, at Wanhsien, the Guild authorities have promised to redouble their effort® to prevent- the molestation or foreigners. Hawley had lived for fifteen years in China, representing a British firm, and was engaged in. the river transport of wood and oil by steamers. The junkermen, however, resented rim intrusion of machinery into the leisurely life of the river and beat Hawley ‘to death on the beach. The commander of the warship Cockshafer trained the guns on the city and compelled tlie military authorities to walk humbly in Hawley’s funeral cortege, after which the populace witnessed the shooting of junkermen. The United States consul declares that the inhabitants and the militarv authorities at Wanhsien appear to he thoroughly awed by the example of summary Western instice. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 June 1924, Page 7
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