The following correspondence has been handed to us for publication Shanghai, 26th. June, 1891.- Sin,—I am instructed to address you on behalf of Han Jen Shun (hereinafter called the complainant) who is the manager of and a partner inthe Tuk Ta Hong, a Chinese firm of merchants trading in kerosene oil and residing in the Ling Ping lane in the French Settlement.
The Tuk Ta Hong is one of the largo firms engaged in this trade, and purchases direct from the foreign importers of vil, On Saturday last, the 20th inst., at about 8 a.m, aman named Wong Chun Tsze, who had formerly been in the employ of the Tuk Ta Hong, but had previously been discharged, was arrested on the Foong Vu Jetty in the English Settlement by a foreign French policeman who is said to have been the No. 2 officer of the French police force. His name is but heian be identitied by hima any time. He was taken by force over the Yang King Pang Bridge, and conveyed to the French police station. This appears to have been done under the belief that he was the owner of a basket of oil which had been tukenc from a boat at the Foong Vu Jetty to the Tuk Ta Hong at about 7.90 a.m, that morn: ing, but with which he had nothing whatever to do.
The complainant was informed at once by his boatman of what had occurred. As the oil belonged to his hong, he went at once to the Station, but seeing the pol strike and kick the man Wong Chun he was afraid of len went to hi friend, the Compradore of the China and Japan Trading Ca., Ld., who is nained Chay Fu So, and they went together to the Police Station. On the way they met " number of Chinese detectives of the French Police force who had Wong Chun Tsze in custody and with handcuffs on and who were taking him towards the Bund. The complainant told the detectives at once that the oil belonged to him. They replied that they were going to the Bnglish side to seize the boat. The complainant suid to them, you cannot go to the English side to seize the They replied, our No. 2 headman has given us the order, and once we have the order from him we will go and arrest it on the English side or anywhere. One of the detectives then said, this man (mean-
the oil belongs to him so we had better ing the present complainant) confesses that arrest him, and never mind the boat. One of the policemen told Wong to call the buat-man and he did so, and the boatman came and they arrested him. Five policemen seized the complainant by the que tie very violently. He reman: and the Foong-yn compradore did so also and said that the complainant was a merchant with a hong would not run away and they had no business to treat him like a robber. They went to the station, a policeman holding the complainant's queue by the eud all
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