The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-18

the victims be recompensed.
The document, signed by Flu Ping
Sheungl follows;
Foreigners Began Firing.
"Goyernment Despatch to the Brit
ish Consul General and French Con
sui:
Il bring to your notice that l have
received from the secretary for for.
eign affairs and the Civil Governor of
Kwangtung, verbal instructions to the
following effect:
1--WE have duly received and noted
the dispatches from the British con-
suit general and the French consul.
Soon after the Shaki massacre, !,
the governor, had an investigation
commission appointed in which judi
cial and police officials, represent
atives of the laborers, peasants, mer.
chants and educators, and the Ameri-
can, Russian and German consuls
were invited to sit.
"The officials in charge of the com
mission have now handed in their
first report, which leaves no doubt
that the firing was first from Sham
cen with the result that many were
killed and wounded. This can be
proved by the following facts:
Two Students Shot Dead.
First. the procession was led by
laborers, peasants, and merchants.
Next came boy and girl students of
schools. colleges, and universities
The cadets were the last to make up
the procession. With the exception
OF the cadets, every one was unarmed
When passing in front of the English
Bridge, the students of Canton Chris
tian College were fired upon from
Shameen. Instantly teacher, named
Au Lai Chow and a student, named
Hui Yu Cheung, were shot dead on
the spot. Three were seriously wound
ed while many others received slight
injuries.
students marching after the Can
ton Christian College boys, like stu
dents of Kwan Wei Girl School, Sa-
cred Heart College, Normal College
for Girls, City Normal College, Chap
Sun School and the Second Higher
Primary School, were also fired upon
before the cadets. The distance be-
tween the Canton Christian College
boys and the cadets was at least sew
eral hundred feet.
}e''At the time when the Canton
Christian College boys were shot
dead, the cadets had not yet reached
the English Bridge According to the
coroner's reports later that the corps
eS of Au Lai Chow, a teacher, and
Hui Yu Cheung, a student, Of Canton
Christian College were found in a
place west of the English Bridge
while those of the cadets were found
near the Shaki entrance place
some distance away from the English
Bridge, it is clear that unarmed stu
dents in front of the English Bridge
were the first to be atrociously
slaughtered by the firing from Sham
cen, and that in response to what had
been done at the English Bridge
shooting also began near the French
Bridge so that many persons in the
procession fell victims with their
bodies lying on top of another. Many
passers by were also victims. This
fact is quite evident to all.
Good Order Maintained.
Second, besides those taking part
in the procession, there were many
policemen standing along the Bund
up to Shaki with white flags in their
hands to maintain good order. There
was also a great number of by-stand
ers along the Bund. Again, those in
the procession had not taken the
slightest precaution against any mis-.
hap. The procession composed of
such a dense crowd was, then, pass.
ing gently along narrow and long
thorofare.
IF, as was stated by the British
consul general and the French con
sui, the cadets were the first to open
fire, and if, as was stated by Captain
Maxwell Scott, British naval officer,
firing was only returned from Sham
, cen after hundreds of shots were free
from our side, the cadets no doubt
would have asked the bystanders to
dispense before they started the fir
ing so as not to involve all in the
calamity and, again, they would have
waited until those preceding them had
already passed Shaki before they
would consent to open fire.
furthermore, firing Of a hundred
shots on the part of the cadets would
certainly have caused all those in the
procession and the bystanders to
make their escape so that when the
fire was returned by Shameen, the
casualties would all be sustained by
cadets.
French, British Statements False.
How is it that so many students
and passers-by were shot dead and
wounded? In view of the above fact
the accusation of the British consul
general and the French consul that
the fire was first started by the ca
diets was ahqOiutaiv false