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N° 265.
Sir,
Enclosure!. Conclosure 2.
419 AUG 12
151
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG, 24th. July, 1912
20917
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In continuation of my telegram of the 4th. July,
I have the honour to transmit the enclosed report of the trial at the recent Criminal Sessions of the man Li Hon Hung who fired at
me. I also enclose copy of the report of the Government Medical
Officer who examined the prisoner previous to his trial to ascer-
-tain whether he was of sound mind.
2.
It appears that the Interpreter who translated
the statement made by the prisoner in answer to the charge against
him entered at the Police Station mis-translated the Chinese
words Fei Chau by Fiji. The words are really the Chinese name for
South Africa. The reference to ill treatment of Chinese there, is
a reference to the compulsory repatriation of Chinese employed in
the mines.
3.
It seems quite clear that the attempt upon me
was not connected with any political plot. It seems to have been
the act of a man who if not mad must be of weak intellect.
4.
The European and Indian Policemen who acted
with commendable promptitude in preventing the man from firing a
second shot have been suitably rewarded.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
&c...
5.
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