Mr. Andersen was locked up on July 5 in a police cell in the police quarters.of the Kiukiang S.A.D. These quarters it will be recollected were erected by the British when the place was a Concession and so the cells, though small, were adequate for the purpose. ' Since they. were erected, however, the cells have been very thoroughly looted by the Soldiers of the Republic of China and s0 they are devoid of furniture The problem for Mr. Andersen was solved by providing him with a broken door and two trestles in View of a bed. For twenty four hours he was left locked up and without food. He was not even. allowed to go out to attend to the Purposes of nature. On the next day, however, he was permitted.to make his own arrangements for food and then he was allowed to go out to the lavatory, but each time did s0 he had to pay a bribe to his guard, Local Chinese opinion has been somewhat disturbed at the treatment meted cut to Mr. Andersen, as it was realized that such treatment would not do the fair name of China any good. The affair, therefore, was referred to Nanking by the Superiztendent of Customs ins been moved from Mell gaol out Here he occupies the gaoler's own room and is more comfortable. shares the room with the €W othe accused and they make their own arrangements for food. We wor der how the witness for the Pi Secution enjoys. being locked up with the witnesses for the defence!
The Lawyer's Opportunity Mr. Andersen has been trying to make arrangements for a local Chinese lawyer to defend him, as naturally he himself is not acquaint ed with Chinese law. Local Chinese Inwyers; it seems, have a high iden of the value of their services. They believe in making hay While the sun shines. The ft arrangement made by Andersen was through the Chinese tidewaiter, who is also under arrest. The best arrangement the tide waiter could make was to secure the services of 2 man to defend them both at an inclusive feo of $1,000. This\ was) the cheapest lawyer available, Meanwhile, Mrs. Andersen had not been able to see her husband yer to defend man approached happened to be the same one already engaged by' Andersen. He did not mention this to Mrs. Andersen. Oh, no, he saw his opportunity and now Andersen's defence alone will cost him $1,200, while the fee for the tidewaiter, the amount of which T have been' unable to discover, wilt be separate, Te would appear that as soon. a8 extra-territorial rights are abolished Chinese Iawyers are going to find themselves in clover!
On the 19th, after 14 days close imprisonment, an order was issued allowing visitors twice n week to see Mr, Andersen in prison and it directly from Andersen himself that the account of conditions in prison have been obtained.
The Real Criminals Go Free Your correspondent has" made numerous inquiries in many directions to find out what efforts the focal Chinese officials were making to apprehend the real criminals, the original shippers of the opium. The result of the investigation is quite simple. No attempts of any tort appear to have been made to find out who owned the opium, where it came from and where it was going. 'The gunmen on the "Kungwo" have been allowed escape untouched. 'The opium is said. to have been on its way' to Nanking, but that is only the com-mom report and must not be ace cepted as an established fact. The Whole effort of the Chinese officials appears to have been concentrated fon the unfortunate Andersen and naturally we are left wondering why?
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