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The Honourable
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FRONTIER INCIDENTS.
Captain Superintendent of Police,
Alarmist rumours coupled with the increased spread
of anti-British propaganda have, in the past week,creat-
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ed a certain tenseness on the Sham Chun
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frontier and in parts of the Net Territories adjacent
thereto.
The construction of a large matshed at Sham Chun
gave rise to the rumour that a large body of pickets
were coming from Canton. This rumour gave place to
another that the local garrison was being strengthened
by the addition of several hundred troops, but police
enquiries make it almost certain that the purpose of
the matshed is to accomodate part of the local garrison
番攤 at present quartered in the fantan houses, the owners
of which have in consequence lost money and have com-
plained to Canton.
The dissemination of anti-British propaganda took
a new form on the 7th inst., on which date the afternoon
"down" trains from Sham Chun arrived in British Territory
liberally placarded with anti-British posters, and car-
黄埔 toons, in English and Chinese, the work of Whampoa Cadets
at Sham Chun. I informed the Deputy Superintendent of
Police (Kowloon) of this by telephone, also the Deputy Superintendent of Police (Hong Kong). On the 8th inst.,
the first local "down" train was similarly placarded,
also the evening "slow through" from Canton. As a result
the District Officer, North, on the 8th inst., went to
Sham Chun and later Shataukok at which last place he had
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an interview with LÓ KIU SAU, the Sham Chun Garrison
Commandant,
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