Letter
Mr Arrusting
attention. "In consequence of the 235 "language addressed to me
by
"Dr Eitel, in course of a conversation 'I held with him, and which I
"regard as being highly offensive, "and of the statements, which I am
he "informed
made to the members
"of His Majesty's suite, as to the steps "which would be taken by His "Excellency
in the event of His
"Majesty proceeding to East Point, I "felt it my duty at once
to recommend the Governor to alter his arrangements
and accompany
Dr
'Eitel to Government House.
27.
Hongkong
Ports and
return on
Vi
On the 16th April, I left
a
visit to the Levant
Shanghai and, on
the 9th inst, I found
my
no I
my
au
18th April 1881 reply had been received to
communication, but that official letter from had been sent to the acting Consul
Gennal.
28.
Mr Armstiong
From this letter, it appears
that my official dispatch of the 13th April, addressed to the acting Colonial Secretary, had been privately laid before Mr Armstiong
and