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I am
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341 SEP JO
Foreign Office September 3
1898
directed by Mr. Balfour to
acquaint you, for the infor
ma tion
of
Chamberlain, that the
Spanish Ambassador called this
Mr. Secretary
afternoon to
say
that the
insurgents
in
the Philippines had purchased at
Hong Kong and had armed there two vessels for the purpose of attacking
ravaging
the islands still under
and
Spanish
control.
These vessels
were
about
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office