E. Li Ka Cheuk, Commander of the Canton City Guard.
F., G., and H. (Li Chi Tin, Ko Ping Shan and Tsui buk) regarding whom the Attorney-General says that there is some evidence to implicate them, but not enough to warrant proceedings against them at present.
The first three are the persons indicated in your letter under reply as persons who should be brought to trial. As to E., you inform me that there is a lack of sufficient evidence. Ü., the Acting Viceroy, is dead. It is not proposed at present to ask that proceedings should be taken against F., G., and H.
$50,000.
In his Despatch to the Colonial Secretary of June 20th, 1908, Sir Henry Blake suggested that pressure should be put on the Chinese Government to dismiss the Acting Viceroy Tsu and the Chief of Police Li Ka Cheuk from the public service, and that compensation to the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars be paid by the Canton Government to the widow and family of Yeung Kuai-wan. Lord Lansdowne in his despatch to this Legation No.308 of October 13th last informs me that he concurs in this recommendation, and instructs me to act on it as far as the circumstances permit. I shall recur further on to the question of compensation, but with regard to the first part of Sir Henry Blake's suggestion, I have the honour to observe that the Acting Viceroy died on January 15th of the present year, while as to Li Ka Cheuk you are of opinion that his name should be withdrawn from the list of those who should be brought to trial. I would beg to point out that if there is not evidence enough to convict him, we cannot well put forward a demand for his dismissal, as that would amount to asking that he should be punished because he is strongly suspected. Under these circumstances, I should not propose to make any representation to the Chinese Government against these two officials in the sense of Sir Henry Blake's suggestion.
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