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the camp and heavily beaten so that I still now feel the consequences of this assault in heavy haadaches.
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As America had protested against in glande action
in holding up the neutral ship "China" and removing passengers, England consented to our reloase, on Oct. 4th 1916 we were released. I had lost with by bng averything we had. What the English and Australians had left, the Gormanв took away from us in the camp. The American Consul Ar. Britton provided so far for our needs, as each one gob a suit and ten shillings pocket money.
England had decided to retum us to Shanghai and the Agent of the "China" sent us on to the United States.
Returning to Hongkong. I started now enquiries
yet without any result.
Landing in Frmcisco, we were absolutely penniless. I walked to a lawyer, told him our case and asked for his advice. lie instructed us that we had to wait until the war came to an end and that we then should bring our claims
before our governments »
My handgrip, which I lost, contained all my money in gold and paper (American Doll.) to the value of 40,000 Doll. As China was nine years in a state of rebellim, I had alle years changed all my earings into Ameriem gold, believing that this was the most secure way to keep it.
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I gave a detailed ɛtatement about caitants of box 0. 4 to the American Consul, kr. Britton, who forwarded it to the For, secret. of the U... Kr. Lansing, sesounting to
about 1800 Doll. gold.
Being reduced to utter helplesmess and privation, and unable to follow out my calling as physician, sa I have no america licence, I started to work twmal labour with my
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