The Archive · 1929

Against a Consul

NOON. SPECIAL service Manila, July 29.

Mr H. K, Kwong, Chinese Con-' fol-General to the Philippines, today reported to Nanking what he! described as an insult to himself rising from charges of kidnapping.

It is expected here that -the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the al Government will lodge the Governor-General, wight F, Davis, as a result, fortnight ago a Chinese named Vu Chang-tian ch with Kidnapping a 12-year-old girl felix, who ordered a preliminary Investigation and then subpoenaed the Consul-General, Mx, Kwong alleged that he discovered some weeks ago that Yul Kim-po had been brought to the Philippines by Vu Chang-tian, who purchased her in China, The Consul-General learned that the git) had been brutally: treated; and sent her to the Chinese' General Hospital until she was deported Hongkong on the str. Empress 'Asia' on July 5, The girl is now living in a charity able institution in Hongkong.

Mr, Kwong asserted that even before his own investigation was made, the Insular Bureau of Cus toms' had ordered the girl to. be deported on the ground. that her were faulty, maintained that the deportation of the girl was} not at his initiative, but at that of the Bureau of Customs, Mr, Kwong further alleged that! the deportation papers were tampered with in order to eud of mere "deported."

The Charge Withdrawn 'The Chinese Chamber of Commerce and leading Manila Chinese! have adopted @ resolution uphold ing their Consul-General in his action, Meanwhile Mr. Felix, the fiscal, has announced that the' kid. napping charges have been with: drawn or dismissed My Kwong complains that he has been the subject of an act of international discourtesy, holding:

(1) That the Insular Customs Officials ordered the deportation of the iti, and (2) That the Consul-General is under orders from Nanking to port undesirable Chinese from the Philippines, for which reason Mr. Kwong should not be held responsible personally for his actions under 0

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