From Ng Ki Cheung's statement that men from the following places in Chinese territory took part in the resistance: Sha Fau at the head of Deep Bay, Sham Chun, Vai Tak, Tung Kun District, and Ngan Fui.
It is difficult to ascertain exactly how many men came from those places, but I have every reason to believe that there must have been over 1,000 men. It is quite impossible for the officers of the Chinese Government not to have known of the movements of so many men into our territory, and I trust the Viceroy will be brought to book. His attitude of hostility in the matter of the Customs and his failure to give any warning of the movement in the territory under his jurisdiction should not be allowed to pass unpunished.
Among the documents found in the Un Long meeting House is a letter addressed by one of the underlings of Major Fong to Ng Ki Cheung (No. IX). I would especially call attention to the following sentence in that letter: "All other particulars you will know fully when you see Major Fong, who will not in any way use force, but will freely allow all the villages to carry out their own settled plans."
Ng Ki Cheung informs me that by the sentence underlined, he understood that the villages could do what they liked. He says he never saw Major Fong, but that Tang I Shek went to...
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From Ng Ki Cheung's statement that men from
the following places in Chinese territory took part in the
resistance;-
Sha Fau at the head of Deep Bay
Sham Chun
Vai Tak
Tung Kun District
Ngan Fui
It is difficult to ascertain exactly how many
men came from those places, but I have every reason to believe
that there must have been over 1000 men. It is quite impossible
for the officers of the Chinese Govt, not to have known of
the movements of so many men into our territory, and I trust
the Viceroy will be brought to book. His attitude of hostility
in the matter of the Customs and his failure to give any warn-
ing of the movement in the territory under his jurisdiction
should not be allowed to pass unpunished.
Among the documents found in the Un Long meet-
ing House is a letter addressed by one of the underlings of
Major Fong to Ng Ki Cheung (No.IX) I would especially call
attention to the following sentence in that letter.-'All other
particulars you will know fully when you see Major Fong, who
will not in any way use force, but will freely allow all the
villages to carry out their own settled plans."
Ng Ki Cheung informs me that by the sentence
underlined he understood that the villages could do what they
liked. He says he never saw Major Pong, but that Tang I Shek went
to
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