Dec, 17, 1925, The soldiers were stopped at the Deer Sirs-t beg to call. your [BUtish Consulate barrier by marines. attention to the statement given by the British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the House lof Commons on December 13 with regard to the arrest of 14 members A large mob of coolies urged the soldiers to force their way through. A corporal of marines patrolling outside the barrier was attacked by. four soldiers and fell back to the barricade. The marines lined the of raid the British Municipal police Idid not know that the premises Jwere the headquarters of the Kuomintang, nor did any of the rested persons claim to belong to ithe Kuomintang or to be political refugees. The handing over of the prisoners to the Chinese police, he Jsaid, accorded: with the settled barricade and as the sol their rifles they loaded thei chine-guns, at which the soldiers dispersed.
A mob is still near by, jeering at the marines.
It is understood that the local Chinese authorities have tendered their apologies to the British Con-policy of the British authorities in [China, that Chinese by the mere fact of residence in a British [Concession should not in
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