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them, until he met ne oming back with the whole body. This was in accordance with my original plan. He told me he had not a revolver as he had come out in a hurry, and I gavo him Sergeant Derling's revolver. I then sent on all the rest of the troops to preceed as fast as they emid, and I jumped into the side-car with Sergeant Derling to overtake Captain Bloxbom, le passed gropa ef strikere ell the way up the read. I called to them, in Chinese, as I passed to gO back as they ind net a permit and the Government would not allow them to go. That went en until just before the 5th mile stona,bøfer& we rusched the Water-werks.The strikers were a fringe all along the read. There is a level read all along at the ster erka and that stretch vanempty. It was then abeat 8.15. 7e overtook Sub-Inspecter Pitt and Sub-Inspecter Field, the Indian Felion and ene Sepoy at a point about 52 miles along the road. We had already passed the treeps that had been sent on on foot. I stepped the side-car end Pub-Inspecto Pitt reported that there was a nob of some two to three thousand which had breken through his police pest: that some shots had been fired into the wir be dater them: that the police had endeavourad te held thạm ha ok by placing their rifles horizontally across in from of them, but the mob bad prassed through and had gone on, lub- Inspecter Pitt get on to the carrier of the motor cycle and we three proceeded Derling Pitt and myself. Very soen we began te paas considerable numbers of strike. I ca led to them to go back: that they could not proceed without a permit from the Government. They began to shout in reply "We went ge back: we are going tǝ Janton". The parties of strikers grow thicker and thicker as we went along. I still continued to shout at the top of my veloe the cautions I hav, alroady given. Seme distance an,while still calling out, I passed my own cook,walking at the right hand side of the read with a big group, - or rather it was not a group newiwo were going through a continuous mass of man, I shouted to him in English "Oook,ge beck" and I shouted the same in Chinese, My recollection is that he shouted"I am not

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going back: I am going to Canton," I also saw a man whe was lator identified to me as Tong Cheuk,hease boy to Mr.S.B.C.Ross. That man

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