ANSLATION.
No. 337/27.
From Ministry for Foreign Affairs (No. 440)
Canton.
20th August, 1927.
27
sir.
I have the honour to refer to my letter of the 27th July in
which I requented that Lou Lun (V) the famous brigand of
Tung Kun who had been arrested by the liongkong Government, be
handed over to a representative of the Canton Police to be
brought back to this city and also to your reply. Subsequently
I received a report, that this brigand had been released on
$10,000 bail and on the 11th August I requested you to telegraph
to the Hongkong Government not to allow bail and i received your
reply stating that you had done go. I now see that the fiongkong
papera state that Lou Lan on signing a bond for $10,000 was
released. Subsequently, however, he did not turn up within the
appointed time limit but hid himself no trace of him being
found.
The Hongkong police than confiscated the $10,000 guarantee
and issued circular instructions for his capturo.
I, in fact, have no desire to discuss the conduct or motives
of the Goverment of Hongkong in regard to thin case nor to
criticize but, at a time when the Canton Government is intent on
exterminating brigands it is to be feared that the people will
misunderstand Hongkong's true reasons for releasing a brigand
on bail, leading to had fooling damaging to the future of
Anglo-Chinese friendly relations. I have therefore the honour
to request that in order to allay suspicion of the people the
Hongkong Government may be moved to supply me with an explana-
tion for not having in the first place granted extrædition;
and subsequently for not having as requested retained the criminal;
such conduct leading to his escape and the present situation.
(56) Wu Ch'ao-chu,
Minister for Foreign Affairs.