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No. 98
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CANTON SEAMEN'S UNION: "Fatshan" Incident settled
(2 Chinese Enclosures
H.B.M. Consulate-General,
Canton,
3rd July, 1935.
Copies to:
Nos
Foreign Office No. 33
Mission, Nanking No. 62 Hong Kong No. 63
Commodore No. 29
Commercial Counsellor No. 49
Trade Commr. Hong Kong No. 68
Sir,
With reference to my despatch No. 82 of the
14th June I have the honour to transmit herewith a
copy of a letter which I have received from the Manager
of the local branch of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire
informing me that the incident in which their steamer,
the S.S. "Fatshan", was involved has now been settled.
2. The settlement cannot be considered altogether
a satisfactory one, inasmuch as Messrs. Butterfield and
Swire, admittedly an innocent party to the dispute, were
called upon to pay $300.00 local currency to cover the
medical fee and other expenses of the member of the
Lightermen's Guild who suffered minor injuries at the
hands of a member of the Seamen's Union. The suggestion
that this payment should be made came from the Provincial
Tangpu, whose intervention was invoked by the Seamen's
Union and the Lightermen's Guild. Messrs. Butterfield and
Swire elected to adopt the suggestion lest worse should
befall.
3. The injuries inflicted on the lighterman by
His Excellency
The Hon. Sir Alexander M.G. Cadogan, K.C.M.G., C.B.
His Majesty's Ambassador,
British Embassy,
Peking.
the/