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Police with their European Corporal aud the Officer who had come 

 as the messenger of Government to stand a severe fire for nearly 

 two hours. The Klana's five hundred followers did not return, 

 and Raja Mahmud taking the offensive, retook Easa and advanced 

 on die Klana's own place, Ampangan, 



The safety of their Officer being now threatened, the Straits 

 Government sent a small body of troops to Sungei Ujong to pro- 

 tect him and assist the Klana. These troops were in turn fired on 

 by the Bandar's people under Eaja Mahmud, who after half-an- 

 hour's engagement deserted their position and fled in great disorder. 

 After the arrival of the troops in Sungei Ujong, at the request 

 of Agents from the Bandar, negotiations were twice opened to 

 settle the matter without fighting, but the first time they failed 

 through misrepresentations on the part of the Agent, and the 

 second time it was too late. 



The Bandar and Raja Mahmud fled from Sungei Ujong with 

 all their people, the Bandar to the Labu river, a small stream in 

 the heart of a dense jungle, whilst Mahmud following the sea coast 

 took refuge with his father at Sungei Jelutong, a plantation also 

 in the midst of jungle near Bukit Jugra and most difficult of access. 



I was then at Langat, and had been instructed to, if possible., 

 secure the Bandar and Mahmud, should they make towards Langat, 

 provided they would give themselves up on the sole condition that 

 their lives were not threatened. After some negociation, both the 

 Bandar and Eaja Mahmud accepted these terms, and, as has been 

 already related, were taken to Singapore, where they agreed to 

 remain for at least a year. 



Considering the disturbed state of Sungei Ujoug and the large 

 number of Chinese miners there, it was thought advisable to have 

 a small party of European troops there with an English Eesident. 



There can now be no fear of any one, either from Sungei 

 Ujong or Eambau, attempting to stop the trade on the Linggi 

 river, and the Chinese, who in Sungei Ujong as in Larut are the 

 real sinews and wealth-producing power of the country, are as 



