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OFFIVES INTRO 1.
CHINESE BURN DOWN BRITISH CONSULATE.
CANTON, FRIDAY - A MOB OF SEVERAL THOUSAND CHINESE
ATTACKED THE BRITISH CONSULATE HERE TODAY, SETTING THE BUILDING ON FIRE AND DESTROYING IT, AND SLIGHTLY INJURING THE VICE CONSUL MR. J K BLACKWELL.
THE ATTACK WAS BELIEVED TO BE PART OF ANTI-BRITISH DEMONSTRATIONS WHICH HAVE FOLLOWED AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAD PROTESTED TO BRITAIN AGAINST PRISON SENTENCES IMPOSED IN
THE BRITISH COLONY OF HONGKONG ON TWO CHINESE. THESE HAD BEEN CHARGED WITH RESISTING THE POLICE WHO WERE EVACUATING CHINESE BEING CLEARED FROM BUILDINGS, CONDEMNED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH REASONS IN THE OLD CITY OF KOWLOON, ON THE MAINLAND OF HONG KONG COLONY. REUTER MF..
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CHINA
OFFICES INTRO 2 (CANTON)
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THE CROWD CROSSED TWO BRIDGES FROM CANTON CITY CAPITAL OF SOUTH CHINA, 90 MILES FROM HONG KONG TO SHAMEEN ISLAND, IN THE PEARL RIVER, AND DEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE THE CONSULAR OFFICES IN THE BRITISH CONSULATE WALLED COMPOUND IN THE FORMER BRITISH AND FRENCH CONCESSION.
STONES WERE THROWN AND THE BUILDING SET ALIGHT AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED. FURNITURE, DOCUMENTS AND CLOTHING WERE THROWN INTO THE FIRE.
THE CROWD THEN BURNED THE HOUSE OF THE BRITISH CONSUL GENERAL, MR. R. HALL (IT IS NOT KNOWN IF HE WAS THERE) AND THE
HOUSE OF THE PRESS ATTACHE, MR. J. MURRAY, WHO LIVED
AT THE CONSULATE WITH MRS. MURRAY.
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