In a second statement ta the press, General Hsieh Thing-yuan, commer der of the "Doomed Battalion," stated that up to Sept. 19, one soldier in his camp was shot and killed while 26 others were wounded, including, two men who were bayonetted. emphatically denied the reports that he and his' men had demanded the return of their freedom. He urged the Settlement authorities to send te-presentatives to investigate carefully the cause and results of the incident, if the Settlement authorities are not content with hearing the "one-sided story."
He said that the electricity supply In his camp had been cut off and that Chinese citizens sending food to his camp over the wall had been beaten. Since September 14, he had been entirely separated fromthe rest of the world. His men. chatting with people outside through the holes of the barbed wire entanglement over the wall had been fired upon, he said. For three years he and his men have been receiving i human treatment but now the situ; tion has become worse, he alleged.
"I believe in Heavenly justice and retribution and T trust that eonsequences must be faced some day. Now T appeal to the Settlement authorities for justice and nothing else and please consider the consequences of the high-handed manner."
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