हुए
days
be received within 30 to the terms therein promised aggressive measures may
at
any
informs
time be commenced
Admiral Hope
one that, with
Admiral Page, Commanding French Naval Forces, they
had agreed to their respective Ministers that should the answer to the Ultimatum not be received
at the Expiration of the period named, or be
unsatisfactory, they (the
Admirals
>
93
Admirals) would be
would be prepared to take the first step
approving
un
measures, namely
the seizure and
Occupation
of Macao; requested & know whether in the present state the Free, or in event
of Macao. The Admiral
If a superior Officer & myself not having arrived I should feel
justified in giving the assistance he should require, viz: One Thousand
men
and it
was
agreed, also
at
Miscellaneous!
Offices