Surrounded by a strong escort soldiers, the two men walked (or Father marched) to the nearest tele-
Phone, and rang up the local offices of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, and H, M, Consulate-General, Both quickly set plans in motion for the Felease of the two men and" their families. Three members of the local staff of the A.P.C. speeded out to Chapoo by car to visit their colleague and do all they could to secure their freedom. Tt was these three knights errant who told the "North-China Herald" about the incident immediately after their return on July 3.
When we arrived at Chapoo, they said, "we found that the wom and children had already been eased, and had been allowed to return fo Shanghai in the hire car, We found both men in the rest house under armed guard. There was also one other man slaying at the guest house, who, in order to cheer up the captives, suggested that they should have a game of mahjongg with their guard:
"We told them that we would try to get them out. and then left for military headquarters. As we were Yeaving, one of the soldiers, evidently suspecting that we were helping the two men to make a clean getaway, pointed his pistol threateningly at, us. Arrived at headquarters, we" inter viewed the ofoer in charge, and went with him to the hospital to see the injured man, He was groaning Toudly, but his injuries did not seem very serious, We then went back to headquarters, but further talking failed to scctire the release of the two men, so we returned to the Rest House, Both men gave us reassuring message to their wives, and with that we Jett for Shanghai. 'The men were treated very well by the military authorities, but were kept under an armed guard wherever they went. Hoping, to doubt, to restore the holiday' spirit to the two captives, the oticer in charge told them that they could bathe—provided that they loft their trousers. behind as secur
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