CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 185

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allowed under the Kengkong Piracy Ordinance to carry 184 passang er. I saw no reason to refuss and accordingly issued permits, making it clear that the refugees were

to travel as private individuals and that no arms were to be taken on beará, Permits ware thus issued for, among others, General Teng Pen-yin himself, General Peng Ming-chish and the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs.

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took four refugees but had refused in spite of my permit to šake the others; with the a.a. Helion (Horvegian) bound for Swatov had taken four others including General

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8. During the night of January 20th the leaderless garrison indulged in a certain amount of looting.

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Salsbury the British doctor in charge of the American Presbyterian Hission Hospital, called with a member of the Chamber of Commerce to report that he had been asked to accompany a delegation of the Chamber to the Canten lines, whose hereabouts were uncertain, te induce them to expedite their entry inte the city, Berious looting was anticipates during the coming night and it was feared that the Canten army was delaying its advanos in ignorance of the mɩkedness of the defence. It was made quite alear that the expedition would not start without the moral support of Dr.L82lebury. While the discussion was proceeding news exame of the entry of the Cantonese forces inte Kiungehow and the proposel, which I should mot in any case have sanctioned, fall to the ground.