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ashore quietly and slunk off, evidently recoguising that the plot
had entirely miscarried, and left the coolies destitute and without
gaidance.
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number net the ship, that they had been engaged as Government
soldiers and asked for instructions. They were taken before Li Ka
Check, the Superintendent of the Shansen Contingent of Police,and
it was probably then that the Chinese Authorities first learned of
the shipment of arus, as had they been aware of it earlier they
would doubtless hive seat a sufficient fores to baord the ship and
Some 50 of then told the "bravas",of whom only the usual
seize then. The arns were subsequently found elsewhere.
18.
The revolvers were shipped in 5 casks as Portland cement,
by Yeung Kui Wan, through the Kwong Hing Yuen firm which does a re-
gular business as carriers and baggage passars.On the 28th October
the master of the Kwong Hing Yuan received a telegram from Canton
informing him that the casks contained arms, and that his partner
in Canton had been arrested, and asking hia to inform the Polite
and obtain the punishment of the sender.
14.
On the 1st November the Viceroy applied through the Consul
H.E. The Governor
for the extradition of five of the supposed leaders, but
declined
to consider the request as the only offence alleged against then
was of a political nature.
15.
Of the actors in the episode whose names appear a:bove
(1)
Yeung Kui Was was born in HongKong and is therefore a British
subject .He was a clerk in Messrs. Sassoon's office, and is reported
to have gone to Honolulu,
(2)
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