CO129-570-5 Sino-Japanese War- British casualties following the Japanese attack on the borders of the New Territories... 30-11-1938 - 16-3-1939 — Page 8

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of his death were rather exceptional also inasmuch as this man at the time of his death was sitting in a room of his father's house and was killed by a shell which

penetrated the wall.

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In the present instance no claims have been put forward on behalf of Chinese persons cho were killed on British territory after flceing thither for refuge from Chinese territory, though this is not to be taken as an admission that such clains could not be justified, an' similar clains were in fact not refused in regard to persons of Chinese nationality who happened to be on British territory and were killed or injured there during the incident of 21st February, 1933.

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The death in question was the subject of an ordinary coroner's inquest on 20th January, 1939, at which, after the usual depositions on outh, the verdiet

Was passed: -

"Allled by a shell fired fron a Japanese gun

during the Japanese advance on the wireless

station near Lo su Railway Bridge on the

26th November, 1938."

The Japanese Consul-General was specially notified in advance of this inquest and invited to send a

representative to watch the case, but in a letter dated

18th January, 1939, declined to avail himself of such a

fucility.

i have the honour to be,

ir.

Your xcellency's most obedient servant,

A. S. NORTHCOTE

Governor.