Show BY HNS COMMANDER OF BRITISH BRITIS hf WARSHIP S TRAINS GUNS ON CITY TO COMPELL ATTENTION two chinese junkmen junkman exec executed ted in public for murder of man em employed by english concern pekin the commander of the british warship Cock by threatening to bombard city of Wan shien compelled the chinese authorities to honor edwin G hawley an american killed by junkman junkmen jun kmen and to execute by shooting in public two officials of the junk mens guild officials of Wan shien hlen have promised to take all steps to see that foreigners are not mot molested hereafter hawley awley II whose home was formerly in new nev 4 jersey had been in china for fifteen years employed by a british firm his company was engaged in river transport of wood and oil by steamers and the junkmen junkman resented the intrusion of machinery into their leisurely river life and livelihood so they beat hawley to death on the beach the commander of the gunboat jun boat cockchafer Coc kshafer trained his g gun u W zard required the ili g h chinese military authorities to walk in in mock humility with the americans Amen cans funeral cortege after which two of the leaders of the junk mens guild were escorted to the spot where hawley was lulled killed and were shot to death while the populace looked on united states consul clarence Cl ireneo J reported that the inhabitants and chinese military authorities at Wan shien appeared to be thoroughly awed by this example of sum mary western justice and had given assurance the offense would not be repeated |