C. O.
34628
REC'd
FOREIGN OFFICE,
Received DEC 29,
December 12th, 1899.
Sir:-
I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of a note which he has received from the Chinese Minister requesting, under instructions from his Government, that Kang-Yu-Wei, a Chinese political refugee, stated to be now at Hongkong, may be expelled from that colony, and may not be permitted to reside in the Straits Settlements or in Burmah.
Kang-Yu-Wei, who was one of the most prominent members of the party of Reform in China and the confidant and adviser of the Emperor, fled from the country at the time of the reactionary coup d'état in September, 1898.
The Chinese Minister, who brought the note to the Foreign Office, observed that, if Her Majesty's Government...
For lack
etc.
E. Colas
The 177 Oct. 21.
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office.
Government
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