i
sure that
being
made through H. M. Minister for - immediate redress but I feel Your Excellency will in the meantime promptly take steps to give satisfaction to the Hongkong Government who are naturally indignant at so grave violation of their territory.
and
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I herewith enclose copy travelation of the depositions of the Police
and of the other men, Excellency's perusal.
Officen
for Your
Of the contents of this despatch Iduly informed myself and now
have the honour to state that the
delimitation of the British and Chinece Territories at Kowloon is marked by stones laid at eight places
so that the
boundaries are very distinct. I how all along isened strict injunctions to all officer
civil as well as
military not to allow soldiers or servant or other ~
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persons to cross the frontier and give rise to trouble. That any person -
acting
in
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acting contrary to this injunction should be dealt with with all severity and it is on account of the careful obedience on the part of the petty military officats Keeping the men under them in order that
o far a good understanding has prevailed
Do
d. The statement in your despatch
under acknowledgment that Chiirese voldiers had taken upon
cross the
filled
frontier and to:
one
themselves to
effect.
an arrest
with intense surprise.
and in
And I
"lost no time in telegraphing to the Brigadier General Lin of Ta Peng forwarding
to him a letter by special
carrier acting
him to at once --
investigate the matter and report the
true circumstances.
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The Brigadion General submit as follows : _ "On the 1!" of the 7!". moon (20 July) I received a letter,
from: Your Excellency to the effect that Consul Alabader had in communicating with Your Excellency in the matter laid_
before