7. "General Ho gave the Consul 'a certificate that he (General Ho} would thenceforth be responsible for everything. Such pilfering as pened later was done by stealth.
This is not true. Looting went Jon openly for several more day: It should be remembered too that.
Jon the evening of the preceding day (January 6) Mr. T. V. Soong Gfinister of Finance)" had assured the Consul and Geneval Ho (Kiu-'Kiang Defence Commissioner) had riven his verbal guarantee that there would be no more trouble in the Concession. It was at 10 am, on the morning of January 7 that the looting started.
Since those days we have come to learn what a modern Chinese official's guarantees, whether written lor spoken, are worth.
8. "It is curious to observe that at 6 pin. of that day a party of 15, two men and the rest women Jand children, who had come down Duft's Farm from Kuling, came through the Chinese street into the [Concession and down to the ship: without molestation of any kind.
They were insulted on the way. bhut let that pass. By 6 p.m. it was dark and the crowds had dispersed, but even so the party we lucky 't6 get through unharmed, Does it take nothing less than a massacre to convince people like Mr. Ransome that there is danger?
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