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1000390.
Kerg
Homy
Hoang khi sự
Labuan
Sir
Government House
267
Hong Kong 24 Sept 1898
With reference & your telegram
of the 31st August & to my answer bry. " no information about Sula
Gen Merritt
ctc. etc. buly rumours.
kuons nothing
2. Since then no
& further rumours have reached ml & Admiral Dewey sticks like a
Compet
to
Manila, & has
not. I believe even sent a warship
any of the adjacent wslands to gain information, this seems strange
as he had a
free
hand except as regards the Carolines which he was ordered
Aleave alone
3 Inferred from Gen. Merrett's con
versation that he was not humaty To the Right Honourable
Xoseph Chamberlain
M. P.&c. &c