The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
Hong Kong.
Sir,
COPY
RECO C.O. 936 Roof C JAN OY 475
Basel Mission,
Hong Kong, September 12th, 1899.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday. Concerning the leading article of the Daily Press, I am able to state that the incident related contains the truth as far as I can remember from a letter of Mr. Zahn himself to a friend of his, which I read some weeks ago. As there is a member of the Rhenish Mission, to which Mr. Zahn belongs, living here, I trust you can get all nearer information from him. His address is: Rev. R. F. Gottschalk, Bonham Road, Craigellachie, Hong Kong.
I have &c.
(Signed.) H. Bender.