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following telegram:
"Strong feeling here that...
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"there, should be direct telegraphie communication with dingapore. Existing lines would be stopped
in case
of war breaking out ___
between Great Britain and
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-nee or Russia. Despatch by
France.
Mail"
my despatch 1.136
mentioned above, and which should
be read together with this despatch, I showed how this case
stands.
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On the 28th March
ultimo, I transmitted another
telegram to the effect that I was
to state that four
requested to.
torpedo-boats are
move
required for the
defence of HongKong. This telegram
was sent after consultation with Admiral Sir William Dowell, and with other Naval and Military Authorities; all of whom think ~ that four
more
m
torpedo - boats
should be supplied, making with
the four already here, eight in all.*
We are "dee also Governor to decretary of State W: 149
8074
of March 28, 1885.
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