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confined in the meeting house. After the defeat at Kam Tin the leader, whose name is known, with others, came to Ha-Tsün, beat the man and then shot him; put the body in a pig basket and flung it into the river. The body was subsequently found with a chain tightly fastened round the neck, and several shot wounds. Apart from the attack upon the troops this is the only outrage that has taken place during the week after the 15th instant.
20. In searching this meeting house Mr. Stewart Lockhart has discovered several letters, which show the course of events previous to the outbreak of violence, And he has further obtained the statements of two of the leaders in the movement, who have submitted and expressed contrition. The statements and the letters show a state of clan feeling and power of combination not unlike that of the Scottish Highlands two centuries ago, and it is evident that there was no secrecy whatever in the clan meetings and public discussions on the question of resistance. Nor was there any secrecy in the manner in which help was asked for and given by affiliated societies in the turbulent district north of the border.
They could not have come down as they did, in considerable numbers, without the knowledge of the Viceroy's officials at Sham-Chun, where they had to cross the river by a ferry. Nor could the warlike preparations have been made without the knowledge and connivance of the 600 troops which the Viceroy acknowledges that he placed in the leased area to preserve
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confined in the meeting house. After the defeat at KamTin the
leader, whose name is known, with others, came to Ha-Tsün,
beat the man and then shot him; put the body in a pig basket
and flung it into the river. The body was subsequently found
with a chain tightly fastened round the neck, and several
shot wounds. Apart from the attack upon the troops this is
the only outrage that has taken place during the week after
the 15th, instant.
20. In searching this meeting house Mr.
Stewart Lockhart has discovered several letters, which show
the couse of events previous to the outbreak of violence,
And he has further obtained the statements of two of the lead-
ers in the movement, who have submitted and expressed contri-
tion. The statements and the letters show a state of clan feel-
ing and power of combination not unlike that of the Scottish
highlands two centuries ago, and it is evident that there was
no secrecy whatever in the clan meetings and public discus- sions on the question of resistance. Nor there was any secre-
cy in the manner in which help was asked for and given by affiliated societies in the turbulent district north of the
border.
Chand
They could not have come down as they did, in consi- derable numbers, without the knowledge of the Viceroy's of- ficials at Sham-Chun, where they had to cross the river by a ferry. Nor could the warlike preparations have been made with. out the knowledge and connivance of the 600 troops which the Viceroy acknowledges that he placed in the leased area to pre
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