JOURNALISTS SHOT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 43, 18 January 1935, Page 5

JOURNALISTS SHOT.

GANGSTERS IN SHANGHAI. Between 1929 and 1934 more than 80 members of the Chinese Institute of Journalists wore killed for criticising the Chinese Government. Mr V. Y. Chow, a former member of the institute, and an Australian-born Chinese, said on bis return t.o Sydney recently by the Atsuta. Mam that gangsters were responsible for the assassinations. if these gangsters were not able to shoot the men, they would throw a bomb or poison them in some way. Last December they shot the oldest newspaper proprietor in China because be refused to sell his paper to the Government. All the newspapers were nowcontrolled by the Government. Some were still privately owned, but were edited bv Government officials. “Shanghai is run by gangsters who are in Government employ, said Mi Chow. “The fight for the freedom ol the Press has been going on tor seven years. Only recently Mr Sze Liang i'ai, the wealthiest owner of a newspaper in China, was murdered by gangsters between Shanghai and Nanking. Altogether 80 out of 330 journalists have been shot in five years. Mr Chow said bis Australian birth protected him on many occasions. He was now engaged working on a history of the Chinese revolution of 1911. T.us revolution was led by a Sydney-born Chinese, Tso Tsnn Tai, who was living in retirement in Hong-Kong. He was basing his work on documents nnd records. For the last 80 yours the Chinese of Australia had been in the forefront of the movement which defeated the Manehu Dynasty and established the republic, the flag ot which was designed by them. Australian Chinese Avert' also behind the history of the revolution which was now being prepared. Mr (.’how was born in Lisin ore.