[PW] 1922(?) Bombing in Hong Kong

[S M Colowick]

It's possible that a sailing out of Hong Kong could have been delayed
by the strike of 1922 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamen_Strike).
But I wonder if he could have meant that he was delayed because of
violence in India. Here's one incident from 1922: "On February 5 at
Chauri Chaura in Uttar Pradesh (United Provinces) police shot at a
procession, exhausted their ammunition, and retreated into their
station. A mob set it on fire, killing 22 policemen." In March, Gandhi
was arrested for sedition, tried, convicted, and imprisoned.
(http://san.beck.org/20-5-GandhiandIndia1919-33.html)

I don't think there was a viceroy of Hong Kong at that time, but there
was a governor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Edward_Stubbs).
There was definitely a viceroy of India: Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of
Reading.

smc

On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Janice Sellers <janicemsj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear listmates,
>
>  I volunteer at my local Family History Center and help people research
>  their families.  I am stuck on trying to determine the veracity of a
>  family story.  The patron's father came to the U.S. from India via
>  Hong Kong.  I have found the father on a ship manifest, arriving at
>  San Francisco December 5, 1923, from Hong Kong (so far, so good).  The
>  story is that the father said that he had tried to come a year earlier
>  but was detained in Hong Kong for a year because of a bombing attempt
>  on the viceroy there.  I have tried some creative Googling but haven't
>  found anything useful.  I appreciate any leads or pointers to sources
>  I can check on my own.  And no, I do not read Chinese, unfortunately.
>
>  Many thanks,
>
>  Janice Sellers
>  Oakland, California
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