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The Ministry of Foreign Affrire present complimente to H... Wbogey and, with reference to Ministry's memorandum No.Cu 7007 of 5th April concerning the case of the soldiers of the Kwangtung Provincial Garrison Forces who were attacked by emailing ships, in ve the honour to state that n detailed report has beer received from the cometert aut borities to the following ef/ect:
on 6th February, lance-corporal Kuo Krim -in, euperior close soldier Yeh Ch'I-hunn, let class soldier Tan Kai-sheng and 2nd clase soldier u Awei-sheng, all of the ist Company of the 3rd Battalion of the let Regiment of the Peace Prenervatlor Gorpe at Shwchun, carrying one light munch ine three rifles, and one (7) rifle grenade magazine
gun,
), in execution of orders received boarded a boat to seize riee amuggling chlos on the rea near Pel whih Chou
whiot la within Chinese territorini waters. They met two small smuggling verɛels and ordered them to stop for inepoction. The enell veɛɛole disregarded the order and proccedcd straight towards, and berthed reag, a three-mated_ vec el which whë lying at anchor. Before The boat in which? Kuo lision-min and the other soldiers were embarked bod approached near to these vessels, the three-mated ship fired firet with a rative gun at their boat. At the enmo tie the two smuggling vesrele turned back, closed in on and attacked the boat. As the attack wne unexpected, Auo Helang-sin and Yeh Ch'1-huan were kill.d. Ton Mal-theng and Mu Awei-sheng, the remaining two soldiers, together with the weapons, wore rii captured by the three-masted vessel, whigh eniled irto Hong kong watere. The master of the versel handed over the on tives ord wen one to the Zolice Ltation at zingehan
Hørg kare, nec falsely accused Auo Kelons-nin and the three other soldiers at the local court at Taljo ( or the charge of smuggling firearme and attempted Anncy in Bang Kang waters.
The #inistry wish to call the attention of the mbesay to the following pointe: (1) The four soldiere of the Zence Precervetior Corpe were under orders to carry out preventive duties and wore uniforms and badges; (2) There soldiers were sureuing ang ding vecɛele owned and piloted by Chinese rat ferale within Chinese territorial watere; 13. The emu gling vessel fired first killed two Jcace 'r Corps Bolatere end en tured two others.
servation
According to Internat loral prentice, solelere o one onartry borret be tried by the government of another country for ny ratione dono in the curse of carrying out their orders. The Chinese Government are therefore g.cotly surprised one carrot but regret thet, re-ording to a report, the Hong Kong Court should have per ed Bertence of inprison- mert on the two Leurviving coldiers of the race recorvation Corpc. it le a Fordingly requceted that the horST LOY negotiate by telogram for the immediate release of the detained soldiers a Kwel-Bleng and Ton koi-chong (not Yeh Ch'i-huon ne etsited in error in the Mirlitry's semeerdam of 5th, pril) and for the return of all the weapone which they corr led.
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