893.102 Kulangsu/283: Telegram
The Consul at Amoy (MacVitty) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 17—2:48 a.m.]
Referring to my telegrams of January 9, 9 a.m. and January 11, 3 p.m.71 Ng Lian Hong, the victim of the attempted assassination on January 8, died yesterday morning, and yesterday morning the Japanese Consul General72 presented the Municipal Council with a demand for the immediate appointment of 10 additional Formosan police. The restrictions on traffic between Kulangsu and the mainland are being strictly enforced by the Japanese Navy and firewood supplies are again becoming low.
In connection with the assassination of Ng, it is believed interesting to note that although he was connected with the Amoy puppet government he resided in the International Settlement and not in Amoy.
Sent to Peiping. Repeated to Chungking, Shanghai. Peiping please repeat to Tokyo.