Office and the War Office, with regard to whether the Marquess of Salisbury and the Marquess of Lansdowne had any objection to you complying with the request of the Tai-tai.
2. A letter was received from the Foreign Office on the 13th instant, stating that Lord Salisbury had no objection to you complying with the request of the Tai-tai, but that it had been considered advisable to await instructions from Her Majesty's Minister at Tokio to communicate the Tai-tai's request and the proposed reply to the Japanese Government.
3. A telegram was subsequently received from Tokio from the Foreign Office, which stated that the Tai-tai in question, who had given much trouble about the proposed Japanese settlement at Takao, was not altogether trustworthy in the opinion of the Japanese Foreign Office.
4. On the 26th instant, a letter was received from the War Office, of which I enclose a copy. The substance of this letter was...