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nor the Deputy Immigration Officer took a single Saturday afternoon or
Sunday off until about the end of February and, even on Chinese New
Year the Immigration Office remained open. The Immigration Officer
worked from very early in the morning until late at night.
We feel that we have done, and that we are dill doing, our best
under the prevailing circumstances and now that conditions have been
so improved mainly with regard to accommodation, equipment and the cessa-
tion of the rush, we feel confident that the Immigration Office will
run smoothly enought to comply with the public's requirements.
Mr. Woo: Mr. Chen,referring to the actual figures of permits granted.
What proportion of those permits were brought in through the general
agent?
A. That I cannot say offhand because the general agency was not established
until 1st February.
Q. Can you supply us with these particulars later on?
A. I think I can.
Mr. Forrest:
Mr. Chen, you told the Commissioners that you were formerly
editor of the N.C.D.N.?
A. I was a member of the editorial staff.
Q. Mr. Chen, why did you leave Shanghai?
A.
Because I had received secret information that the Japanese had issued
a warrant for my arrest, for anti-Japanese activities and because during
a trip to Malaya and the Phillipines and Hong Kong I had helped in
raising a considerable amount of money for the Chinese war funds.
Q. Was your trip down from Shanghai to Hong Kong a pleasant one?
A.
It was not. I had to excape from Shanghai to Nantungchau and then here-
very unpleasant.
Q.
Risky in fact?
A.
Most.
Q. So you lost your employment in Shanghai?
A.
Yes.
8. Did you sustain any loss?
A.
I lost all of my property.
Q. What did that consist of?
A.
My house, my library which I valued more than anything and I was torn
away from my family.
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My mother died, she had been very gravely ill
was not able to go to her.
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