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Sir,
Viceroy
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I'an to Consul Mansfield.
April 23rd., 1899.
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I have the honour to acknowledge receipt
of your despatch, incorporating one received from the Governor
of Hongkong in which His Excellency states that an attack has
been made by natives in the new territory, that the Military
Officers sent by me have not acted in accordance with their
instructions, and that satisfaction may have to be demanded from
China.
At 2 o'clock on the 2nd. inst., the
Governor of Hongkong personally requested me to send soldiers,
and it was agreed that it would take three days before they could reach their destination. But, on the 3rd. April, Captain Superintendent May, without waiting for the soldiers to arrive, suddenly proceeded to erect a matshed, to which the natives objected on the ground that it was too big and interfered with their "Feng Shui", and not for any other reason. But Mr. May
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