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your lives and property
property secure until Her Majesty's Government with
the other Europe
Powers Concerned
shall conalude such arrangements
with China as with restare
s
confidence to your minds.
Sefully understand and
appreciate the motives which
induce you to address me, but Imust observe I consider the
fears your express from your
Safety are somewhat groundless.
The information Shave received
leads
to believe that no overt
act of hostility is intended by the Chinese, but after the ____
occurrences
at
Tientsin and lately
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at Fatshan there is consequently
rumand
great deal of talk and many rum
afloat of an objectionable nature.
that I daily.
You
aw are aware that Je traverse the busiest parts of the
City and of any hostile demonstration.
Avas
shown I should
confess
see it but I I have met with no
nothing.
of the kind;, notwithstanding the
Streets
are AIKAL
unusually crowded
owing to the Public Examinations
now
going
on:
I may mention, however, " I have been in communication - with the Chinese Authorities a regarding the protection that could be afforded in the event of