CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 129

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responsible for other terrorist acts. It was he who suggested

the solution that Tientsin District Court should issue & warrant

and thus avoid placing the onus on the concession police of putting

the case up for trial on the eviden 3 obtained by them.

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Japanese are firmly convinced that gang has been responsible

for murder of three of their soldiers. One of the four men actually

confessed to Japanese that he was the assassin of one of these

(and subsequently reconstructed the crime in the presence of foreign

member of the British municipal police).

D.

General Homma is known to be the most pro-British General

in Japanese army and we are convinced that he is doing his utmost

to avoid an awkward situation, but it is (c) above that is forcing

his hands.

E. I would ask Your Lordship carefully to consider original

instructions given me with reference to handing over and interning

Chiao offenders which are quoted in my telegram of May 20th to

His majesty's Ambassador, repeated to Your Lordship as my

telegram No. 190. Intention I submit in :orrespondence was that I

should receive new instructions to enable me to deal more

drastically with offenders. My reading of instructions now suggested for persons already arrested is as follows:-.

1. Persons found in unlawful possession of arms are to be expelled in such a way that they escape justice altogether;

2. Persons guilty of disseminating Chiao propaganda, in possession of wireless transmitter, sets etc. are to be released with a warning. Both 1 an 2 would at least have been interned

under the former instructions.

F. Japanese will I think be satisfied if the four men and the other two members of gang (Wang Wen's brother and chief of staff

Chi Nien-hua)