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„ENTOUBKAI
Lord,
Swatow.
22nd October, 1924.
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I have the honour to beg your kindness to have my case
to your early decision, as it is already delayed for about
ten months and I am doing no business up to now.
Reing humbly and honestly doing business in Swatow for
more than ten years without any fault and received no
instruction first from the Swatow British Consul and I was
suddenly not recognised as a British subject, so I and my
manager were suddenly arrested by the Chinese Goverment and
was sentenced as being deceiving the Government with forgery
British nationality. But being without protection, I am
obliged to pay a bribe of about 300 dollars and a fine of 700
dollars to release us two. Receipts are sent in to the Consul,
and after a while that my business residence, goods end
furnitures inside were all taken possession by the Chinese
soldiers same cost about 7000 dollars and the daily business
about 35 dollars a day.
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For the above loss
see how can I get for the restitution.
The new Consul has been tried very hard to get me back the house
but the Chinese Government took no heed of him at all, and
refused whatever re this matter. What I am anxious at present
is to get back the house as soon as possible in order that I
can start at once for my business again and let the case
settled by and by.
Minister,
H.B.M.Foreign Office,
London.
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