The International Commission of inquiry is now hard at work. The hearing is in camera, but it is understood that the chief points which the Commission is endeayvouring to clear up are whether the train crew were aware of the impending hold-up, and whether the train-guard attempted to resist the looting of the train.
Two car boys were interrogated on Tuesday, and yesterday Mr. Lloyd Lehrbas, one of the captives who escaped an hour or two after the wreck occurred, gave his version, The Commission is constituted as follows Mr. Wen Bing-ching, Mr. Dar. ence K. Chow, Dr. Telly Koo (sde.), Dr. Lee Fong, Mr. Yung Sung-ting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Messrs. Sun Feng-tsao, S. T. Chow, M. P. Tsing, I Hsuan-si, Railway Directorate and Staff Messrs. Feng Kuo-hsuan, Cheng Ren-jih, Civil Governor's Representatives; Mr. Tu Sih-chieh, Tuchun's representative; Mr. B. G. Tours, British Consul-General, Mr. J. K. Davis, American Consul, M. Crepin, French Consul, Signor R. Ferrajolo, Italian Consul, and Major W. GE. Philoon, U. S. Assistant Military Attache.
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