Replying to questions in the House of Conimons to-day with regard to, the arrest of members of the Kuomintang at Tientsin on November the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs said that at the time of the raid the British Municipal police did not know that the premises the headquarters of the Kuomintang nor did any of the arrested persons claim to belong to the Kuomintang or to be political refugees.
The handing over of the prisoners, to the Chinese police, he said, accorded with the settled policy of the British authorities in China that Chinese by the mere fact of resid-fence in a British concession should ithe jurisdiction of their own an-|@ collection, as occasion may serve. thorities, Locker-Lampson added, acted on information given by the Chinese city police, who said that the premises were the headquarters of treason: able and anarchist secret society which was a menace to the peace of the community. Inflammatory' literature was seized which afforded prima facie evidence that the house was used for propaganda inciting to violence against foreigners and against all constituted government: After effecting the arrests, the Municipal police reported the matter to the British Consulate-General, which directed that the accused be held in custody by the Municipal Police while it referred for instrueions to the British Minister at ug. The Minister directed the Consul-General to follow the usual procedure and hand over the accused fon production by the Chinese police Jof warrants issued by the competent Chinese authority. On the issue and [production of this warrant the prisoners were handed over to the Chinese police on November 26.
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