Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-20 | Page 1 | Tong War at Serious Stage, Official Says

TONG WAR AR AT ATS I S ER 10 US STAGE OFFICIAL SAYS Mediation Fails According According According Accord Accord- ing to Inspector and I Next Step May Call for Federal Intervention I NEW YORK Oct 20 All AlI All efforts at mediation in the tong war in the East have failed and the next step must be be federal intervention and deportation of those responsible for I continuation of the murderous feud I Inspector Alfred W. W Brought of the Chinese bureau of of the immigration I service declared today I With Wit word of murder of of a Chie Chi- Chi i nese e ln t rJ latest i victim of ot rivalry the he hOn On Leon Leonand Leonand Leonand and Hip Sing tongs there was fresh tresh activity ty by police and detectives here here- hereto to o prevent an n outbreak of vengeance yen ven ven- ven Leaders of the On Leons refused to meet leaders of the Hips in a peace parley this week As a re result result re- re sult suit Inspector Inspect r Brought announced that he will exert all his influence I to bring deportation into play t to the strife Any Chinese found sound carrying weapons weapons weapons wea wea- pons Illegally will be made liable to deportation as s a dangerous radical rad radical ical he said And It may be pos- pos sibel even to resort to wholesale deportations of tong leaders It developed today that the tong war has a Canadian angle and and an an investigation has been begun at Ottawa Reports are that It was a squeal in connection with the smuggling of Chinese across the Canadian border into the United States which led to the first firt killing killing kill kill- ing the present phase of ot the feud