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for serious consideration and appropriate action
by Her Majesty's Government,
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I am therefore instructed to invite Your Lord-
ship's attention to this important matter, in the
hope that such investigation and action may be had
and taken by Her Majesty's Government, as will lead
to the suppression, or if that be not feasible or
practicable to the effective restriction of the
activity of the Philippine Junta in Hong Kong.
As the resistance to the authority of the United
States in the Islands has been reduced to the opera-
tions of lawless bands, which will be actively pur-
sued by the aid of the Junta during the approaching
campaign season Your Lordship's early attention
to the matter will greatly oblige my Government.
I have, &c.,
(Signed)
Joseph H. Choate,
J