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WAI CHIAO PU TO H.M.MINISTER,
May 20th, 1914.
Sir,
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With reference to the piracy of the "Tai
On" off Ch'i-ao, I have received the tollowing
telegram from the Governor of Kuangtung.
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have
"Some fifty persons who were rescued merchants from Hongkong and other passengers
been supplied with funds and sent to their homes.
Chu Shou-nan, Kuan Wei, and four others, merchants
from Hongkong, besides four members of the Tai On's
crew, found their way in a wretched plight to Ch'ien
Shan. I telegraphed to the military and police of
the district to send them to their firms or relatives
to be looked after. I sent officers to assist the
police at Ch'i-so to surround the San Pa Tzu
district and they succeeded in arresting the principal culprits in the Tai On and other cases, namely
Tan Niu, Yin-sha-chuan, Kuo Ch'i Li Sen, Li Yao-shan,
Lu Ts-sheng, Tan Kuei-ting, Lu Li-chi, Shih Lao,
Liang Mao-cheng, nine in all. Ho Su and Li Te, who
have been arrested at Hongkong are now being tried
by the Authorities there. Three prisoners arrested at Ch'a-shan-sha-tien are being rigorously
interrogated with a view to ascertaining the truth
from their depositions, when they will be punished
in the various degrees called for. The Hongkong
Authorities
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