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:
before
me in chains. A deputy
from
the
Viceroy
and the Vice
Consul were present at the exami.
nation. After
few questions had been asked an auswer was given
which made it impossible to doubt that the man had been
seized and carried off from 31. British Sham Shui-po. Lam Kun,
Mr. Hauson,
who was
ht in
brought
identified Lam Ying
in by
as his brother,
but the manderin refused to have
witnesses examined
the
Hong Kong
except in the presence of the Chinese
Military
men concerned in the
arrest
of
the
man. I intimated,
however, to the Mandarin that as
it had now been made quite clear.
that the prisoner had been arrested. on British territory, there could
not be
any g
uestion as to the
right of the Hongkong Government
to claim his restitution. The same
evening
(
evening
" wrote a despatch to the
Viceroy detailing the nature and
result
of
the interview with his
deputy and Lam Ying,
urging
and
the immediate surrender
of Laine Ying. After waiting until
yesterday for a reply, I sont in
peremptory
demand, which has
produced the
action required
The previous despatch.
a
proposing to give up Lam Ting
under certain conditions, I con.
sidered so
unbecoming
that I
have not communicated its con.
tents to His Excellency the Governor.
I threatened, however, to do so on the 12th if the prisoner
if the prisoner were not
delivered up without delay. The
despatch which I have received this morning from
the Viceroy
ن
very unsatisfactory, and it has to receive consideration. But His
Excellency
the
Governor
is to be
congratulated