Two letters from the Senior Consul have reference to the general aspect of thie question, and to the action particular of an Indian constable, to which former letters have referred.
Shanghai, 16th May, 1907. Sin—T have the honour to com-herewith copy and' of an er of the Po Force. lar Body should be very pleased if you would idly let them sch information Cc possess on the subj have the honour to be, 8
Your obedient servant, Consul-General for Belgium, and Senior Conmut.
Laxpare, Esq. Chairman, Muni Translation of a letter from the Tuotui to the Senior Consul, dated the Ist May, 1907.
T have to inform yon that 1 have receive m report from the deputy: in eof the Hung Chen Police Station, a gaol warder named Yang, to the effect that on the 28th April last a certain Ving Ying-shen verbally demanded redress stating that he wax the proprietor of the Wan Kang shop in the 23nt pao 2nd tu near the Hu-Chia Bridge and opposite the San Yang-lon flour-shop, kept by Chang Ab-liang. Chung Ah-liang is debtor for rent to the Hsieh Chen Company, who having several times pressed for payment, which has not yet been nade, proceeded to remove the shutters ofthe shop. with a. view to compelling him to eraenate. It was not, however, to be foreseen that Chung Ab-liang should then vent his temper upon Ying Ying-sheng's shop, for-elbly seizing the shutters belonging thereto, while Chung—Ab-liang's mother lay upon the counter and made an unreasonable disturbance. The deputy led soldiers to the spot order to investigate the matter, whereupon loafers were assembled who surrounded the soldiers and assaulted them. After a means had been devised of dispersing these persons, loafers again collected, together with an Indian policeman who had been invited to join in, who proceeded to the shop with a gun in his hand, and raised a disturbance while the loafers collected in a crowd and committed assault. This procedure was in contravention of law, since the Wan Kang oil-shop and establish the interior, and the the San Yang-lon flour-shop are both Indian policeman should "not have crossed the boundary and raised trouble. The deputy, therefore, requests that Chung Ab-liang be arrested and the matter investigated, a communication being addresseed to the Senior Consul asking him to give directions to the [Police that they, may not cross the the regulations, Upon receipt of this information, I gave directions to the City Magistrate to enquire into the circumstances and forthwith to arrest Chung Ab-liang and investigate his ease. Moreover, I have
ta whether the Indian policeman who, now to address an nani to you as anied with a jan, raised a distarbenoe at the Wan Kang oil-shop was or was nat deputed by the Police, or whether his services. were hired pri Chung Ab-liang. [beg also will give directions: that the and that conduct of this Tf the Indian policeman in question again crosses the boundary and acts in a similarly irregular manner, arrest will be effected and he will be escorted to your office for enquiry into the case, and subsequent prnishment.
1, therefore, bee that you will have the kindness to take note und take action accordingly, thereafter obliging ame by a reply.
Council Room, Shanghai, 8h June, 1907.
Sin,—T have the honour to. acknow-your letter of the tion of a complaint from the Taotai as to the action of Sikh constable in the neighbourhood of the Wuchow Road.
In reply thereto T have the honour to inform yon that the statement of cou stable 229 is to the following effect At about 12.15 a.m. on the 29th April Twas on duty on the Wuchow Road, Li Hongkew, when a Chinese came to me and stated that a number of loafers were in his house, which is just outside the Settlement when L arrived there I found no loafers and saw no disturbance of any kind. I therefore retsirned to my beat."
The Council has been unable to obtain any further evidence in this case, the account of which appears to have been much exaggerated.
T have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, Chairman.
D. Strrent, Exq..
Consul-General for Belgium, and Senior Consul, Original from
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