Show CHINESE INSULT AN wema N AMERICAN CONSUL IS S APPEALED TOO TO GAIN FREEDOM FROM JAIL protesting Agai Agal rast imposition of tay mrs H L decker Is grossly grossl abused by Hong hongtong kong officers ho hongtong Hong n kong mrs airs harvey L docker decker w wife i fe of the manager of the canton city transportation enin company pany was last las t saturday subjected to rough handling jostling and jeering and aid finally to detention in a police sta tion cell by a force forceps of twenty armed and unarmed chinese policemen of canton according to word received here mrs decker who is in delicate health had gone to the police station I 1 in n i connection with a demand for payment of a police tax alleged to be ba due from her husband on the ground that he is engaged in business in canton mrs airs decker way wast arguing that she and her husband should be exempt from the police tax because the canton city transportation company Is ia a foreign corporation when some of the police thrust a revolver against her side dragged her out of her motorcar and carried her into a bat haired red cell mrs decker endeavored to communicate nuni muni cato cate with the american consul general but was prevented prevent pil by police officials fici als until after nearly two hours of molestation her husband was wag informed of his cifes predicament and invoked the assistance of the american consul who went to the police station and secured her release |