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! at Canton on the alleged ground that he had dealings with the Hongkong Police) who were stated to have taken part in the murder, the following persons are mentioned as being more or less concerned in the crime. For convenience of reference I will call them by letters of the alphabet:-
A. Tung Cheung, a Chinese "brave".
B. Young Tsing Kai, captain of a Chinese gun-boat.
C. Ng Lo Sam, police agent.
D. The Acting Viceroy Tak (Te Shou in Peking-ese).
E. Li Ka Cheuk, Commander of the Canton City Guard.
#.1 G. and H. (Li Chi Tin, Ko Ping Shan and Tsui Fuk) regarding whom the Attorney General says that there is some evidence to implicate them, but not enough to warrant proceedings against them at present.
The first three are the persons indicated in your letter under reply as persons who should be brought to trial. As to E. you inform me that there is a lack of sufficient evidence.
D., the Acting Viceroy, is dead.
It is not proposed at pres-ent to ask that proceedings should be taken against F., G. and H.
In his despatch to the Colonial Secretary of June 20th, 1903, Sir Henry Blake suggested that pressure should be put on the Chinese Government to dismiss the Acting Viceroy Tak and the Chief of Police Li Ka Cheuk from the public service, and that compensation to the amount of $50,000 be paid by the Canton Government to the widow and family of Yeung Kul-wan. Lord Lans-downe in his despatch to this Legation No.306 of October 13th last informs me that he concurs in this recommendation, and instructs me to act on it as far as the circumstances permit. I shall recur further on to the question of compensation, but with regard to the first part of Sir Henry Blake's suggestion, I have the honour to observe that the Acting Viceroy died on January 15th of the present year, while as to Li Ka Cheuk you are of opinion that his name should be withdrawn from the list of those who should be brought to trial. I would beg to point out that if
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at Canton on the alleged ground that he had dealings
with the Hongkong Police) who were stated to have
taken part in the murder, the following persons
are mentioned as being more or less concerned in the
crime. For convenience of reference I will call
them by letters of the alphabet:-
boat.
A. Tung Cheung, a Chinese "brave".
B. Young Tsing Kai, captain of a Chinese gun-
C. Ng Lo Sam, police agent.
D. The Acting Viceroy Tak (Te Shou in Peking- ese).
E. Li Ka Cheuk, Commander of the Canton City Guard.
#.1
G. and H. (Li Chi Tin, Ko Ping Shan and Tsui Fuk) regarding whom the Attorney General says that there is some evidence to implicate them, but not enough to warrant proceedings against them at present.
The first three are the persons indicated in
your letter under reply as persons who should be
brought to trial. As to E. you inform me that
there is a lack of sufficient evidence.
D.,
the
Acting
Acting Viceroy, is dead.
ent to ask that proceedings should be taken against
F., G.and H.
It is not proposed at pres-
In his despatch to the Colonial Secretary of June
20th, 1903, Sir Henry Blake suggested that pressure
should be put on the Chinese Government to dismiss the
Acting Viceroy Tak and the Chief of Police Li Ka Cheuk
from the public service, and that compensation to the
amount of $50,000 be paid by the Canton Government to
the widow and family of Yeung Kul-wan. Lord Lans-
downe in his despatch to this Legation No.306 of Oc-
tober 13th last informs me that he concurs in this
recommendation, and instructs me to act on it as far
as the circumstances permit. I shall recur further
on to the question of compensation, but with regard
to the first part of Sir Henry Blake's suggestion, I
have the honour to observe that the Acting Viceroy
died on January 15th of the present year, while as to
Li Ka Cheuk you are of opinion that his name should
be withdrawn from the list of those who should be
brought to trial. I would beg to point out that if
there
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