No. 138.
506
III.
(From His Majesty's Acting Consul General, Canton, to
the Acting Colonial Secretary.)
HIS MAJESTY'S CONSULATE General, CANTON, 5th May, 1904.
SIR, With reference to my Despatch No. 120 of April 18th* on the HUNG TSUN-FUK case, I have the honour to inform you that CHANG C'HO-T'ING was executed yesterday in the presence of two members of the Staff of this Consulate General. I enclose a copy of Mr. Vice-Consul GILES' report on the subject.
I also enclose a translation* of a Despatch received from the Viceroy, in which His Excellency apologises for the infringement of Hongkong territory, and thanks the Hongkong Government for the assistance given in the investigation of the whole case.
I replied to this Despatch yesterday in the terms of enclosure 3.*
I have, &c.,
C. W. CAMPBELL,
Acting Consul General.
(Enclosure to No. 138 of the 5th May, 1904. From Mr. B. Giles to Mr. C. W. Campbell, C.M.G.).
HIS MAJESTY'S CONSULATE General,
CANTON, 4th May, 1904.
SIR,-With reference to the case of the murder of HUNG TSUN-FUK by CHANG C'HO-T'ING in Hongkong, I have the honour to report that, in accordance with your instructions, I proceeded this afternoon to the execution ground to be present at the execution of CHANG C'HO-T'ING by the Native Authorities. On arriving at the place Mr. MAJOR, who accompanied me, identified the criminal, who was then immediately beheaded in our presence.
I have, &c.,
BERTRAM GILES,
Vice-Consul.
IV.
(From the Acting Colonial Secretary to His Majesty's Acting Consul General, Canton.)
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 10th May, 1904.
SIR, I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 138 of the 3th instant, in which you state that CHANG CHO-T'ING was executed on the 4th instant, and enclosing a translation of a letter from the Viceroy of the Two Kwangs in which he apologises for the violation of British Sovereignty committed at the instigation of Chinese Officials in connection with the case of HUNG TSUN- FUR. I am to request you to be so good as to inform the Viceroy that this Govern- ment accepts his expressions of regret at the circumstance. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government felt satisfied that when the facts were made known to His Excellency the Viceroy, he would use every effort to bring the offenders to justice, and expects in due course to receive an assurance that the other persons implicated in the outrage have also undergone suitable punishment.
I have, &c.,
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Celonial Secretary.
* Not printed.
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