Just as the islanders approached the warehouse, and the two sides had drawn swords and strung arrows, Lin Fa, one of the founders of the Cooperative Association, jumped out without regard for his own safety. Using Japanese, he explained the incident to the leader of the islanders, and hoped that the two sides would agree to turn the incident over to the courts, so that innocents would not be harmed.
就在島民迫近倉庫、雙方箭拔弩張之際，會社發起人之一林發，突然奮不顧身地跳出，用日語向為首的島民說明事件原委，希望雙方都能將這次衝突事件的肇事者交付法辦，不要濫傷無辜。