Landing there after four days, we were put to a military prison in single cells for four days. On the fifth day we were brought to the prism yard, where we were asked to single out our luggage. They told us that it had been laying there for a couple of days.
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My first question was after my handgrip had seen it. Everything, the officer said, what belonged to us was here. Asking him different time for my grip, he grew angry and asked if I thought that he had stolen it.
The locks of nearly all trunks were broken and a hurried inspection did not show if anything was missing. However, when I came to box No. 4 I saw at once that some things had gone.
This box No. 4 contained my photogr. outfit. Living in China for so long a time, I had hundreds of negatives of the imperial palaces, Peking, the oxer trouble, the first and second revolution → and as the last 500 negatives about the siege and fall of the German colony Tsingtau. I had specially employed a Japanese photographer to get those Tsingtau photos for me. Besides these negatives I had 6 very valuable photo lenses in that trunk and 3 cameras, one hand camera, and two statin cameras - all fitted with Leiss-Tessar lenses. One field glass, double astigmat, also was in that trunk.
sty three boxes with clothing etc., were released, Box No. 4 kept back for further inspection and nothing more said about the handbag. I had to sign : paper, that I had received back three boxes.
As I could not keep quiet to this loss, I wrote a letter to the French Consul Hongkong telling him about my misforume and asking his assistance. However, as I later
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