277
to remove
the
found necessary entire Regiment to Kowloon
I enclose for your perusal all the Official Reports
copies of
upon the subject of the riots which
have
As
yet
reached
from
the
Captain Superintendent of Police,
as well as
of the letters in which
I transmitted these reports to the Commandant of the garrison, together with his
reply.
Coroner's Inquisitions
Free
are still
sitting, and a Court of Inquiry
is being held upon
the conduct
of the Military in these transactions.
As usual, in cases of
Disturbances
in which numbers of persons
are
engaged at night, much contradiction and discrepancy
exist in the evidence on minor
points of
detail, but certain main facts have been established beyond
all dispute, and these I will relate
as
briefly as possible for your
information.
On Monday night, the 12th instant, a disturbance took
place between some Europeans and Lascar seamen originating,
it is supposed,
in a brothel dispute.
An attack appears to have been made by the Europeans upon a Lascar boarding house adjoining the brothel, and in the fight
277
to remove
the
found necessary entire Regiment to Kowloon
I enclose for your perneal all the Official Reports
copies of
upon the subject of the riol's which
have
As
yet
reached
from
the
Captain Superintendent of Police,
as well as
of the letters in which
I transmitted these reports to the Commandant of the harrison, together with his
reply.
Coroner's Inquisitions
Free
are still
sitting, and a count of Suquiry
is being held upon
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the conduct
the Military in these transactions.
As usual, in cases of
Disturbances
in which numbers of persons
are
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engaged at might, much contradiction and discrepancy
exist in the windence on minor
points of
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detail, but certain main have been established beyoud
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place between some and Lascan Searen originating.
brothel dispute.
it is supposes,
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an attack appears to have been made by the Europeans upon a Lascar boarding house adjoining the brothel, and in the fight
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