Events Which Led to the Recent Trouble Within the past 48 hours, says the "Hongkong Telegraph" of May 30, Macao has been the scene of tragic happenings on such scale as to leave a most profound impression on the populace there. In the course of the many events which followed with startling swiftness a regrettable incident in which an African soldier molested a Chinese woman in the public street, a general strike took place, followed by a clash of Chinese with the police and military; the killing of a large number of demonstrators; and, finally, the placing of the Colony under martial law. With its partially darkened and entirely deserted streets, and the unusual sight of companies of soldiers and volunteers moving about the principal streets, Macao for the visitor at the moment wears a completely changed aspect. Gone are the bright lights of the restaurants and fan-tan houses, the Colony is paralysed by a general strike and even the scavenger coolies have ceased work. The Portuguese section of the population has, however, risen to the occasion, and there are volunteers for the patrols and volunteers for the public utility services.
A special representative of the "Telegraph" who visited Macao, interviewed Senhor Cabaco, the Police Commissioner, and gives an{he was not in a position to accede account of the events as follows:—It appeared from what Mr. Cabaco said that the origin of the trouble was the conduct of an African soldier, one of those recently arrived in Macao from Delagoa. By some it is stated that the man behaved in an unseemly manner in a brothel. By others it is given out that he committed an indecent assault on a Chinese woman. Subsequent inquiries pointed to the latter story as being the more probable. In any case, the alleged conduct of the black was so much resented by the Chinese that they immediately carried out an assault on the African, who was beaten with poles, and received such injuries as to require his immediate transference to hospital. The more. enterprising of the crowd included a young barber. He had left his work to take a share in the quarrel, and did so with so much enthusiasm that the accusation was brought against him that he inflicted injuries to the soldier's head with a stone. Having come into such conspicuous light, it was hard for him to escape from it. In the subsequent roundup that followed the arrival of reinforcements for the Police, the barber was arrested and he vas]; taken to the Police Station that stands away from one side of the Hongkong & Macao Steamboat Wharf.
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