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20th May: and you replied next day that you presumed no action of any kind would be taken without Sir R. Tyrwhitt's approval.
17. On the 20th May the Canton Ministry for Foreign Affairs answered Mr. Brenan's ultimatum in the letter of which I attach a copy. This letter states:-
(a) that the Company Commander and the Platoon Commander of the men responsible for the outrage would each have a severe reprimand recorded against them and be fined half a month's pay, and that the troops who fired would be dismissed
(b) that the acting Martial Law Commander, Cheung Wa-fu, had been instructed on the 21st May, together with a deputy from the Wai Chiao Pu to go on board
Futo a British warship anchored at Whampoa. and render an
explanation:
(c) that as regards the demand for indemnity the damage was very small and perhaps it might be as well for the amount that should be paid to be determined after investigation by two (or more) officers, one
deputed from each party.
Mr. Brenan replied to the Canton Ministry for Foreign
that his three extremely moderate demands must be
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complied with in full by the time stated.
18. On the 21st May Sir R. Tyrwhitt telegraphed to Rear-Admiral Boyle:- "If General Li Chai-sum has not apologized by 11 a.m. on Monday, 23rd May, and he has been warned that action is going to be taken, I authorize your destruction of the matshed barracks with incendiary bombs at the spot where the Lungshan was fired at". On the same day acting Martial Law
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