C.
20704
166
MINISTRY OF STATE,
September 29th, 1896.
Sir: -
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your note of the 27th instant informing me of the
instructions which the Secretary of State for
the Colonies has had the courtesy to send to the
Governors of Hong Kong, Singapore, and other British
possessions in the Straits, with a view to preventing
as far as possible, filibustering manoeuvres and
possible hostile expeditions against the Sovereignty
of Spain in the Philippines.
This action, which is thoroughly in accordance
with the sentiments of cordial and intimate friendship
uniting the Cabinets of Madrid and London,
increases the gratitude of His Majesty's Government
which I beg you to communicate to that of Her
Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, through the intermediary of the
British Chargé d'Affaires.
&c., &c., &c.,
J.