6
540
I also annex a
copy is important
as it contains an admission that the Proclamation, which was the original cause of the disturbances, was issued by himself and the Governor of Canton. It had been asserted in Canton that this
proclamation was a
forgery. The
trial of the Editor of
one
of the
Chinese newspapers which published
off
this Vroclamation is to come.
few days at the Criminal
Au a
cessions. Precedings against the
other 3 papers
are in
abeyance
until
Enclosure 2.
вет
until the result of this trial is
seen.
4
In my despatch 11:346 of
Your
1956! 14th instant Is
Lordship that I had sent a warning to the Mandarin of
Kowloon respecting the attempt
which, according to the reports of
informers,
I was
"to be made by
persons from his District to ..
destroy
a
French Mail steamer
in the harbour of Hongkong. This
C
Commun
nication was onade
privately by Inspector Quinery,
Who