question last Wednesday by the Chi-fiat statement was made onthe nese Maritime Customs, though it Is believed. that they are making an Investigation into the matter, In the course of inquiries made of many sources that day, however, a paint of interest was raised by many who are thoroughly conversant with the type of speedboat to. which the Kuan Wei belongs, It was stated by several persons that these speed-oats are unfit to travel the high seas with safety due to their small size, and. that it was not believed!' that the Kuan Wet could have been, In the course of her duties, so far out as to be outside territorial waters Text of Amaavit The text of the aMdavit which Mr. Burger, who told the Japanese Consulate-General that he is 2 British subject; filed at the Consulate, was substantially 2s follows:
"1, Barend F. Burger, was, unfit June 7, 10985, in charge and full, command of the Chinese Maritime Cus toms Speed Boat Kuan Wel, hereby wish to state that at 420 am,'on June 1, 1035, 1 did seize a puff-puft motor-oat Joaded with approximately 580 bags of No. 1 quality artifclal silk yarn valued at approx. $100,000; at that time, and subsequently, the boat question did not fly the flag of amy country; nor did she have any name, or port of registration, but when I collaborated with the crew (one of them is the Japanese) of the puff-pum" T was informed same to be Japanese owned and registration.
also declare that the seizure of the puff-puff' was made by waters outside the jurisdiction of the Chinese Government, viz. five miles east of Amherst Rocks; the Log Book Which for that date and occurrence of seizure was incorrectly written up by me; and hence the Seizure Report; I id same for the reason as many of our past seizures were of 3 imilar nature, i.e, by declaring the seized put-puff" ete. to have been seized inside Chinese Territorial Waters,—so that we gather the benefit of the Seizure Reward: 30 per fake until all the aspects of the case are cleared. He also refused to reveal the Identity of the arrested man.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.