CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7] — Page 503

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Amongst the archives taken over by me was

your letter of March 24, regarding the killing and wounding

of several Chinese workmen by the British Police at Shatien,

in which you enclosed copy of the reply from the Governor of

Hongkong on the subject, together with copy of the summing

up and verdict.

As regards paragraph two of the Hongkong

despatch which states that the Hongkong Government have decided to give a sum of £1000 to the dependents of each of

the deceased and requests that arrangements be made for the

payment of the money, in view of the fact that the men killed were natives of Kuangtung Province, the sums in

question can be remitted by the Hongkong Government to this

office for payment.

A perusal of the letter under acknowledgment however compels me to observe that the action of the Hong- Kong Police on the occasion in question in opening fire at

Shation and killing and wounding several Chinese workmen

exceeded the most stringent provision of Hongkong martial

law and General Chen, the late Civil Governor, has already

entered a strong protest against it in his letter of March 8. The evidence in the South China Morning Post of March

21 states that, at the point where over 2000 Chinese workmen were passing, there were only at the time five men of the police force, and had they not opened fire they would have

been unable to stop them, It also states that on a road

in the rear there was a company of troops and police, who

were on the point of arriving. That is to say, the Assist- ant Superintendent of Police could undoubtedly have awaited the arrival of the troops and police who were hastening there, before stopping the Chinese. What need was there

hastily