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"Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship," 1906
12020-09-23T14:36:56-04:00Weiting Guo08b125beef921c47ad1de3c337b8d14abd2713ab353plain2020-09-23T16:49:13-04:00Weiting Guo08b125beef921c47ad1de3c337b8d14abd2713abIn May 1906, a merchant boat filled with iced yellow croakers passed by Wenzhou’s ocean. The Smuggling Prevention Corps were waiting at the port seeking to capture salt smuggling boats. When they saw the merchant boat sailing at the nighttime with heavy good loaded, they thought that this boat was shipping smuggled goods. The Corps then turned off the light, paused the telegram signals, and followed the boat. While they failed to catch the boat in time, they opened fire to threaten the boat. Their attack made the merchant boat believe that the Corps was a bandit boat. While the merchant boat was heavily armed with weapons, it fired back at the Corps’ boat fiercely. In the end, one Corps member was killed, and one was injured. No one on the merchant boat was killed.
1media/Wenzhou_Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship 1906_thumb.png2020-09-23T10:45:40-04:00"Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship," Shen Bao, 19062Smuggling prevention corps mistaken as pirate ship, 1906; Shen Bao May 23, 1906media/Wenzhou_Smuggling Prevention Corps Mistaken as Pirate Ship 1906.pngplain2020-09-23T10:46:09-04:00