Secret.
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Land
C. 7.
23219
Rec2 REP 24 JUL 00
A
Government Honze,
động đông,
June 22 1900.
554
I have the honour to inform you that on
the 20th and 212 instant I sent
the cypher you
telegrams of which I enclose copies.
At the moment
considerable unrest
The
of writing, prevails in Canton at the prospect of departure
the Viceroy
Li Hung Chang, and yesterday I gave permission to the London Missionary Socisty to Accommodate in the vacant buildings within the
walled City of Kowloon, formerly occupied by them
Chinese officials there,
a
Christian
number
leaving that Erity
refugees from Canton who are
in consequence of
the Viceroy's impending departure.
Other Christian refugees have, I understand, already
arrived