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that the procession had been fired on from Shameen. absolutely impossible, situated as we were, to find out the facts from Shameen side.
"I feel sure the President of the College will already have taken steps to correct the statement made. Both he and myself were able to get the Shameen point of view the next day, and I wish to say that since then the evidence presented to me by eye-witnesses, as well as the official statement from the Consul-General, have convinced me that the fault for the recent occurrence lies with the Chinese. All the more do I regret I had any share in allowing the statement to be issued. If only I had been able to get to Shameen that evening it never would have been issued."
Position at the College.
In conversation, Dr. Baxter said the situation at the College would be appreciated by anyone who knew the facts. The staff and students arrived back from the procession with one teacher, and two students killed and a number wounded. The College was in a state of panic. No one was more sorry than he for what had happened regarding the issue of this statement, and he added that he saw they made a great mistake in not waiting until the next day for the Shameen story before issuing it. He could offer no opinion on the translation because he did not read the Chinese statement which was issued he was merely given the gist of it.
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APPENDIX Q.
Letter dated 27th June, 1925, from the American Community in Hongkong. (Reprinted from the South China Morning Post, dated June 28th, 1925.)
[To the Editor, "S. C. M. Post."]
On account of the serious implications and consequences involved in the statement of the American members of the foreign staff of the Canton Christian College as expressed in the resolutions originally printed in the Canton Gazette, we, the undersigned members of the American Community in Hongkong, desire to place on record our emphatic disapproval of the action of the parties concerned, whose entire lack of judgment and restraint at such a time we consider deplorable.
Although a retraction has been made and published, which places the situation in its true light, we wish to leave the Hongkong Community in no doubt as to our attitude.
This letter has been signed by as many members of the American Community as could be reached in the short space of time this morning in the hope that it may be published in your next issue.--We remain, etc., Signed D. H. Cameron, Gordon Duclos, S. S. Church, H. H. Pethick, H. A. R. Conant, Richard Sanger, Frederic Tyson, P. A. Parker, C. E. Meyer, M. B. Keonahan, H. C. Durrschmidt, A. W. Gibson, J. A. Shaw, D. E. Cappleman, G. J. Johnston, H. C. H. Jones, W. T. Stanton, G. A. Benson, W. C. Gibson, Jr., H. White, J. Oram Sheppard, C. D. Riley, G. P. Bradford, H. F. Sommers, M. M. Axelrood, H. G. McNeary, G. H. Lynott, W. S. Cutchins, C. B. Shank, E. W. Duggan, O. G. Ellis, G. W. Vilas, J. Morris, G. M. Hall, S. M. Monroe, E. W. Latie, P. F. LeFever, G. F. Fisher, C. M. Hyman, F. W. Bender.
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