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less as well. I as well as all my shipmates, Consul refused to
put us in a boarding house, and let us starve in a foreign
country when all this comes through him. If he would try our
case Your Excellency, he would have punished the captain, and
makes the Captain pay us our money and we would not be left
on the street until we find another employment.
I hope Your Excellency that you will protect
us and we respectfully submit our petition to your kind pro-
tection, and pray you be good enough to forward same to the
Board of Trade or to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
I have,&c. ነ
(Sd.) Chali Kainan.
Address: -
Chali Kainan ex "Nellie Troop.
Care of British Consul,
Manila, P. I.