Basel Mission House.
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HongKong, June 6th, 1899.
To
His Excellency Governor of HongKong.
C..
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(Rec'd 10 JUL 09)
Sir,
I have the honour to inform Your Excellency, that my messenger whom I sent to Li-Long came back yesterday evening carrying a letter from the Rev. M. Schaub, saying that he immediately after getting my letter sat down to report again to the Lieut. Colonel O'Gorman at Tschun-tachan (alias Sham Chun) of what he had heard concerning the disturbances amongst the people at Phan-then, and also to translate for him an agitating placard issued at the market town of Lyong-thu-ho, northward of Phan-then.
Mr. Schaub wrote me also that he, until yesterday morning, did hear nothing about the arrival of Chinese soldiers at that place, but that at present there were no real dangers for the Mission Station of an attack by the rebels.
I have &c.
(Signed) H. Bender
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