The Archive · 1922

The Macao Affair

Canton's Demands

According to a telegram received from Canton by local Chinese newspapers the Commissioner of Foreign. Affairs, Dr. F. W. Lee, has again presented the Governor of Macao with the following demands:—(1) The Governor of the Colony of Macao shall senjl fully accredited" representatives to Canton who, with the Portuguese Consul at Canton, will apologiza publicly to the Constitutional Government.

(2) The troops and the officers in charge during the recent shooting shall be severely punished.

(3) Indemnity shall be paid to the families of the dead and to the wounded Chinese, the sums to be settled after discussion between the Macao and the Canton_ authorities.

(4) The African troops shall be withdrawn from Macao within a limited period.

(8) As gambling has been responsible for many sufferings among the Chinese people in Macao, the practice shall be suppressed in Macao forthwith.

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