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August 1901.
30th August.
C.O.
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FOREIGN OFFICE. RE 9 GLF OI
August 30th, 1901.
To transmit to you, for your information,
a copy of a letter from the Colonial Office relative
to the murder of Yeung Yui Man in Hongkong. Yeung,
who was a British subject residing at Hongkong, was a
follower of Sun Yat Sen, the reformer, and was implicated
in the rising under Sun Yat Sen last Autumn.
The Acting Viceroy of Canton made an application
for his extradition in November last, on the ground
that he was implicated in the dynamite explosion at
Canton. This application, which was based on a confession
extracted by torture, was refused by Sir H. Blake, Governor
of Hongkong, pending proper evidence.
This took place on the 8th of January last; on the
10th, Yeung was murdered. You will see from
the Colonial Office letter that Sir H. Blake has
strong grounds for supposing that the Government of
Canton ...
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
Canton