A warrant was given to isto Bubbling Well Road and the on the afternoon of April 15, a. very_atrange 2 rajd to be made Anyhow, the police first raided ste Bubbling Well Road. "J.J. Alvarez was. prevent when the police arrived. "THe informed the police that he was a Mexican citizen and asked them to produce 1 warrant from his Consul. He thereupon refused to open the door, and the door was forced open by the police. Why did not the police arrest the tenant of the house who was the offender? Do the police take a gun from an armed robber and then tell him to go away? If they were satisfied that he was a. Mexican citizen they should have arrested him on the spot and taken him before the Consul. Nothing of this kind was done. The police next raided 5. Yates Road. There was nobody there. They broke in and raided the place.
Later on the tenant of the house found the police on his premises. He informed the police that he was the tenant, and here again the police did not arrest the tenant. Together with the Mexican Consul 1 visited the two places. The Consul sent an urgent note to the police asking.them to arrest the two men and seal the premises aod place a guard over them.
That was about five o'clock, but. it was about eight o'clock before could get hold of a responsible officer of the police. The Consul sent his letter written in pencil, to Captain Clarke. I mention this because the police say they cannot act on a pencil message. The Consul was leaving for Nanking, and that is the reason why the note was written in pencil. The Consul returned from Nanking on the following Tuesday and has since sent three letters to the Council. Yesterday I wrote to Captain Clarke that with reference to his application I requested him to bring to Court all the documents, papers, ete, found bythe police, as we should require the lease of the premises, the tax. receipts, rent receipts, ete. A similar letter was sent in respect of 5 Yates Road.
A letter was also sent to the Mexican Consul stating that J. J. Alvarez was duly registered as a Mexican citizen and as an application had been made for the confication of property belonging to him "E request you to let me have a certificate to the effect that he is duly registered and that you sume jurisdiction over him." The sume letter was sent in respect of the tenant of 5 Yates Road. In reply I got a letter stating in regard to the two tenants that each "is a Mexican citizen, and of course is subject to the jurisdiction of the Mexican Court."
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