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WARNED THEM SOLDIERS WOULD FIRE.

The Caroner Had yon, up to then, Baid anything to the growd about firing?

had. Mr. King: Leertany

The Coroner: Who did you say ab and what did you say?

Mr. King: It was a the end of that threw minutes parling. I warned them; I saif you do not go back shall prder those solders to fire." They could beron, but the cran

They were then

bboat 110 yards off.

"The Carotter: How many times did you Bay that

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Mr. King: 1 said it at list three Line L The last time 1 said it. 1 nded. This is the litera' truth" They said. wowill go: we must go we will dis bet Bad

Their feät ranks surged past me weens and the prisoner who was struggling with me.

The Carmer: bid they strike yum!! Mr. King No. note of them.

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Mr. King:

"Improbable, except by The Coroner: Then we come to "In- [structions as to when and how to dre on a farmed fores and considerable loss of life,

"Ne. It reads:--

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When a violent biob is engaged, or threatens to engage in any of the fAllowing crimea:

1tores.

-Dangerous vio eure to the prison: (1)-Burting of houses, shops, or

stores (c)-Brinking into houses, shop,

res, or places of wer hin, by night: -Attacking houses, shops stores, places of worship at any time day or night, in such a way na endanger the safety of the inimates. then the officer in charge of a detach ment of police may, if he campot other wie prevent these evins, give order to fire on the mob for the purpose of pro treting persons and property, and he should, it neces arg, take the responsi bility for so doing.

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→ Dill the present eircomtaners come within that mad the Coroner.

"I'cors'der (0) did.” replied Mr. King, and there was a ground which does not Or mer of the others 1 To my know appear there, but which I consider mare ledge

impariant."

The Ceroners Let us take them one by one. Do you consider you were justified

Far more thaw was occasioned at Shatia Fab more.

AL. Shenton aec extracted from the witness, for the sake of parting is on the record, that thers had been a general strike in the Colony: that wholesale criminal intimidar on had been going on, with general threat of kiling and vio lende; a murder by shooting on the | Praga, and a stabbing case. The situa

tim was regarded as se serious by the Government that a proclamation was is

el calling out the Volunteers and a drastic Ordinates and Regulations had been passed to deal with the situation generally. The tovernment regarded the time as fraught with great difenity. An examination service had been inaugurat

in the Harbo, and junks which did not stop, when ordered, would be fired, upam

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Alr. Shenton asked a further question- This breakdown of the motor huse materially altered the situating on the Taip

Road?

vbsolutely, replied Mr. King.

TURSDAY, MARCH 14TH, 1922,

SPORT.

CRICKET.

KOWLOON C,C. ̧». L.R.C.

The following matches were played on Saturday:-

L.R.C.

A. H. Rumjab, b Evans S. A. R. Ismail, b.w.. Stalker S. H. branil, b Evans...... D. Ranjab, Dance, h Evang

email, b Evans

Sail. b Stalker

A. el Aroult not out

J. S. Currera, e Thompson,

Stalker

0. ismail, b Evas

F. . E. 1 Ar »74. & Evans A. Kitchel, b Tais

Extras

Had you been able to get your soldiers. P. Robinson, b A. el Arculli them in the 'buss-It would probably have been absolutely different, although my original plan never altered.

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D. M-

H.

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Evans "Starr

5.4 5

7

Engi

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3

X.C

23

L. J. Wackbare, e O). Ismail, b

A. el Arculli

17

Capt. Spinks, A. el Areslli ....... 1

(*. PoJames e Curreein, li H. H,

Bumjabi

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M. Cochrane, e and à S. H. Ismail

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P. G. Thompson, e E. Rumjahn, b

C. d. Stukerom, e. S. D. Bunail, k.

S. A. R. I mail

Amen. e Carmen, 3 F. M. Aren li

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But these buses, in a way, frustrated a scheme ?-Yes

It was decideil to continue taking »ry in firing becue this mob was ragged.dence this morning at 11 o'cirek. or threatening to engage, in the crime of jary decided that there would be

for them to visit the scene. dangeron Valence to the person?

Coghitaing, the witness said: 1 saw the wing of the front rank were passing met my sier had been forced from me: I hot hot fired by Sub-Inspector Pit in ground on my right. I saw had emitely lest control of the inchir. King: That is one of the ground "Iealed the clers and we ran off the on which 1.fired. Wan wo trẻ thi luch I shouted to (RE Biex to fire one round, «

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The Corogne ævinarked that he would like to have some evidence from Chines witnesses in the crowd and the Captain

La your mind, who was the person (Sup rintendant of Police remarked that threatened with dangerous violence! My there were "seal in hospital and it Self, and the twu po ice officers with mocht to be possible to get them. inmediately and ultimatelys Captan

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share and his three men.

The Coroner then rond paragraph 3 of the Instructions as folows: ~

Officers and men mat geber that olge an order to fire i gien, the kring must be as effective as psihe Firing over the bruis of a mob give analmage to the mob, lends the mob time to think, and might bring disaster on the police, If it is necessary to år, ki ting should in the object.

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MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED. OLLIDES WITH MOTOR CAP NEAR,

DEEP WATER DAY.

A collision between a motor-ear ami mutaretele occurred on Saturday after boom, on the Repulse Bay Road near | Deep Water Bay Golf Links,. The metor

A volley"was firml. As on an "I heard the sport we three rushed on to the road From the aga front of the moi, point that the man in the white, coat push d forward, those incidents were a muir of Seconds. There were not favo secl iwtween the report and tur iring on the sit again. I heil ap my hart and shouted “go back; don't come fur ward or wilure again." There was n great uproar the whole tune, 1 rouki see! "nem had fallen just of any man; My King: Yes, except the last para-motor-esele own by Mr. Mezzai at the

hand; that was Tan Sims Pui. The ubi graph 1. construed that a mercifully as Badaxopped, but was stili in upwar 1 rod. sboated my warning againg several turen? You tried not to kil1---1 complied with The null food its ground and there was paragraph id rather than that, that the fire must be of clive. I endeavoured to only shouting and buise.

ges the effeer at the-lightest possible cost. Apart from the Inscricions," have any other ground for aring on this

NO MORE FIRANG-

* You complhed, in fact, with Soption | Coelest. Ma, Thome, of No. 1, Chusmeny

hea kod.

Na more fring whatsoever took placs, 1 did not her the two ring eaders. The

Crowd !---I had other grounds. uprear and hunting contined for wa

Mr. King stated them as follows:- of the minutes, saying they wonki die

First. I am a Justice of the Peare of there and would het go back and soon the Colony.

The whole sitantion was in amwer to my calls to back After minorical and the times extraordinary twc T thee minute, thing, quietened

Strict orders had been received from the. and sue or two of the more sensible mentiqvernment that strikers were not to leave tol them they would the Colony by land routes. The mob had came forward.

back and they said they would broken through one armed police larrier. have to kn go back with the fajured. I told them.

twa Europeans and nite men--at the T * That's a | right.

the people to Waterworks. I allowed that mob tow quiet. Those who have wounded can wait pas my post the following con equences but tell the others who have no friends ensued

I then sent off injured to actin railway station "Hongkong for the ...

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strikers would let law and order go by (Emboldened by two succeses, the the board.

Bay, was proceeding towards town on a

French Bank. On turning a sharp corner he dashed into AL motor-car driven by Mrs. E. yan Castricum, of No. 87, the Peak which was proceeding in the op posite direction. The front part of the matur-eyėle was bully buckled by the impaer, and the rider thrown heavily to the ground and one of his leg was frac turki. First and was rendered by players. from the golf links, and Mr. Thorne was removed to the French Hospital by the tunter ambulance which was sumtioned by telephone.

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Head Office of the Bank to the effect than (b)--It was extremely improbable, if not as the half yearly inceting of share. innes ibly, than I could regain" command holders held of the head office of Yoko.

head f the

the much which work then. bania on the 10th in-tant. it was resolved in a probability. aitain its object of to pay a dividend of 12 per cent, p reaching the frder.

foy the half year ended the 31st.. Decem

to thephone Hong Company of men a magistrite, another and a doctor. Sub-Inspector Pitt and ! then confined our attention to the woul ed men in front; we dare not go far into the crowd. Ten mimites afterwards Sale Inspector Field and the police party came Mer bond bed tlf would hebr. 1921, to add to the reserve find: through, fellowed immediately afterwards caused, site lir. Burlingham, A.S.P.. a 0.00; and to carry forward the

The by the first detachment of troops, Talpa, with les pen plan i had as my sum of Y.4,540.000 to the next account. Dob was quiet then. They and down near dispo al, would have to deal with

Sub In-pedorthe nude in open country. by the side of the road. Fe'd took the leading part in the first aid and we did what we could. We found eight cases up to this point. There were four found lathe, including the dreisnsen.

We then had

who was still wait for Dr. oler

to arrive. The Captain Superintendent

વર્મ Police,

M. Lindsell and troops arrived shortly after Dr. Smalley. Note of these men who were shop were dead at that time. After Dr. Smalley arrival, four men reported with light wound to the fot; they were walking a In a three persons died at the scene.

CORPS.

6) Capt. Bloxham and his three men wou'd be pared a rytmirassed. ONGEONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE position, suce hnd directed him" to act [under my orders; moreover, he and his men had farver be up the rond" before,

Another reason was: All other avait- alle methods of inducing the mob to obey the law had been tried without surgerss.

A prisoner had escaped from my cus dy and the mob was ascisting his Preape

The moh was engaged in dangerous

violence to this person..

1.regarded this as a direct attempt to subvert the authority of the Envernment These are the grounds on which

I had a message sent to Mr. Burlingham at Taips with refertice to the alleged was ju tid in fring, ngd in row of the movement of austher

body of strikers in extraordinney Situation' and the crisis that direction" I also reived word of that obtained. ...nnother body moving along the railway |* The Cercher : it tins all you wish to

ine; that was while I was waiting between [ang! 9.30 and 10.30 a.m.

END OF THE STORY.

I presare certain documents. They are directions stuck on stones and he les giv. ing information in Chinese as to the Way to Canton.

The wounded were sent to the Kwong Wah Ho pital and the dead to Rowen

Mortuaryer: That completes the i

The

doesn't it

story,

Me : I think it is all I have in my mind.

to reply to at two questions by Mr. Wak mat. Mr. King said he grimal

the number of the crowd at the time

of hiring as at least 2.000. The number of passes, pand by the police on the two vivesays, under the Order in Council, was 127 on March 19, and 243 on March 2nd.

Mr. King: There is one other point, ha Shenton: I think we ought to

Abon 9.45 -10 a.m. was the first appor tunity I had of speaking to Capt. Blox ham. He reported fee me that a fourth cartridge had been fired by one of the

it on record that you speak Chinese flugtly.

Mr. King: Yes. I bave been a mem ber of the Board of Examiners for some years.

SPECIAL ORDERS BY LIEGT. COL. Z. G. BIRD. D.5.0., ADCHNISTEXTIVE COMMANDANT.

The

By

following Palmer fram the Hong hong Gorerumerat Gazette dand March 10th, 1994, is published for information:-

. E. STCBS, Governor.

PROCLAMATIONË.

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1. Stalker. MoŤ Bu

4. Bases and b. Cürieran

B. D. Evans, h Carreen

Extras

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Total

Bowling Analy-in.

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J. S. Curren7

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H. H. Rinjahn

SAR. Iuni!

S. A Ismail

F. M. Arenti

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KOWLOON CC, 280 XL. 2. FILO 2ND

XI.

KOWLOON CE, R. I. Lind-ik ¢ Minnu, be Madar. 56

Russle Rumjuhu

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F. E. Lawrence, b Madar F. Jones, not ouà............ A. O. Brawn not out H. Overy, b Rumajahn

Evelyn, run out

Extras

E. J. Lench.

Tetr (for a wickets dre)...196 Edwards. E. F. Spinks,

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Jack did not bat.

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Q. M. B. 33.

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H J. Bunjahn ... 14

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T. A. Wahub. c and b Spinks

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THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT,

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.

E. Si Reginald Edward Stubbs, Knight Commander of the Mast Distinctished Order of Saint Mielland, Saint George, Guvernor Further results in the Hongkong ab]*(mmander-in-Chief of the Cricket Club tennis tournament are Colony of Bangkong and its DefRows:

ended Vier-Admiral of al Open Champion hip, Singles.—S.

Ismail beat H. Krebs, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. V. Yvanovich bent. Major Lloyd, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. "Redmand beat H, C. Hunt, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1. Open

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Whereas by gretion 12 of the Volunteer Ordinance. 1020, it is enacted that the Governor may in case of great national emergency or in case of

„Championship Doub'en.-S. „Au actual apprehended invasion of Kunj Kunjab bent Larut. S. Badell and R. E. Lindsell, 6-4,

I waited there with the Captain When you said. in the course of the

preley, that you were speaking the And, literal trath" that has a particular

Superintendent of Police and returned with him in

in the car. On our way back paul my own cook and

Kowloon Tha

years

were on their way back to boy, who significance 15 Crition mean it to

boy had been with me over 10 warned them on two sucesive evenings, personally on the lit and 2nd March that no one would be allowed to brave the Colony

The Coroner: Did you get any definita instructions before you were out as to the

of fire-arm+1

Mr. King: No definite instructions for this particular occasion.

You have Departmental Instructions Yes,

Thy Coronor asked for a copy, remark ing that he wanted the instructions na td how and wher to fire on a mob." "

have.

-It would convey that something is ring to happen: that the bullets will be effective Yes, quite.

and

A

or attack on the Colony or in ca 16-2, 3-6: 9-7.

of serious local disturbance by pro-

elanation call out any volunteer

Handicap Singles "A"-R. M. Smith

corpe for actual military service, (3/6) heat C. Miskin (-2/4), 6-4, 5-7,

and whereas it is also enacted by 52 Kmith (15/6) beat G. W.

1 aforesaid section that the period of such Service shall con tinue so long as the Governor may Trgy is?sar

(-15). 8-6.0-1. Major C. Willson 3/6) bent. L. Nelzon (12/8), 6-4. 8-Y Handicap Singes B.-B. Crowley (4/6) beat G. E. Ellams (ter.), 4-6,

and shall, and 6-1, 6-2 necessary nly by order of the Governor : whereas the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps was called out for actual minary service by such rm clamation on the 4th day of March.

Capt. R. Tomory (+4/8) bent. H. A. Nott Handicap Double.-L. Nelson and

and H S. Bennett (15/6), 0-2, 2-0, 6-4- Major J, R. Lloyd and A. B. Raworth (15.1) Beat A. K. Mackenzie and B. D. whereas it appears to me that it and E. B. Reed (12/6) beat. W. A. Cor Evans (19/6), 6-1, 6-3. R. M. Henderson

is unnecessary that the period of nell and R. Stock, 61, 6-1, such service should, continue after

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the date hereal:

Your instructions were literally carried out, by the firing party 1-1 consider 10. There were no less that six foot wounds Now and two leg wounds, one very light.

Can you give any idea what forces Mr. Burlingham hail, behind -One British officer, one Indian officer, and 20 men of the HK.S.B., distributed at different peints in the Territory. The strength of the police was below normal as some had been brought into Hongkong on accoust

of, the strike:

Mr. King: It is paragraph 11 of "To- Mr.King also mentioned that, on structions af Buperintendenta."

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therefore I, Sir Reginald Edward Open Doublag-Wong Po-keung and V. Stubles. Knight Commander of the Yvanovich e. J. B. Penman and J. D. Most Distinguished Order of Saint, Humphrey. Michal and Saint George, Governor Club Championship.-G. W. Sewell v and Commander in Chief of the L. Nelson; Major C. Wilson 2. K. W. Colony of Hongkong and its De Lane..

pendencies, and Vice-Admiral of Handicap Singles "AC. C. Stark the same, do hereby order that the Handicap, Singles B.-P. W. Barker

v. R. K. Valentine. period of such service shall come to as end at midnight of the 10th. W. A. Cornell. day of March, 1022.

WEDNESDAY. 'Onen_Bingles.-J. B. Penman v. G. M.

The Coroner: No. 11 sava that the pre- Marchand, 400 strikers were sent back Given under my band and the Public sence of a magistrate on the spot, in the from Taipo and Mr. Burlingham hard con-

Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Dodwell. sulted him over-night as to the feasibility

Hongkong, this 10th day of March,

ense of a disturbance, is not neccesary, nor

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and desirability of intercepting strikers

there any need to read the Riot Act on the south wide of the Kowloon Hills, before taking action against a mob, but because they were coming through in such moh should be warned beforehand that it the police, or troops, have to fire ting fra laga bunthere that it was difficult to deal- will be effective. You complied with that with them.

Hr King: I complied with it in as

merciful, a way as I could by directing

Mr. Shenton: You agree that it is: improbable that the mob could have been

that the soldiers should fire at their feet, stopped afterwards

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