CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 407

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However, in spite of these official assurances was found that the pickels were still at the gates on

August 14th, and that the Shameen employees were vented from returning. This rendered it necessary to publish a further statment to the public (enolomure 12),

which, though issue in the names of xy French (1⁄2lleaque and myself, was draw up by liệtenant-lonel Grease,the Chairman of the #ritish municipal Suncil. Therein we pub- lished the terms of the settlement, leaving out however, agording to the wishes of the Thinese, the Gentlemon": Agreement. Then however on August 14th tha*Canton Gazette" published an article accusing us of having deliberately

tricked the Jolice, we issued on August 14th a further statement (enolamire No.13),alm draw up by Jelanol Orusse, in which we published the Hantlemen'a agreement, and made 13 alea that, though the inline had apparently boen tankived, they had certainly rot been deceived by us. Kad we not taken the precaution, objecte: to by Mr. 0.0.

Va, of reducing the Jentlemen's Agreement to writing, we

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should have experienced considerable difficulty in shewing

this. We have little doubt that in this way we evaded a

trap which had been set for us.

The emissioner of lareign Affairs, under erriers,

subsequently sent us, by Mr. lak King-fbo, a letter

charging us with a breach of faith in rot reinstating the

Police. In the absence of my French 1⁄2lleague I took it

upor myself to hand back this letter to Kr.laik, asking him

to inform Mr. The that we could not possibly accept it and

urging that it be omo«lled. This advice was not taken

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