at present prepared
to
the hon. mudler's proposal.
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Mr. Parker Smith
Would the Master of Elibank, Whom I know, come & see me about thes question.." I do not quite know to what
C.Pd.
"The defens
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Elibank
I have seen the Master a he has promised to put off the question & let us matre enquiries- It seemme that an intimate friced
Hindustami his, who spealis Come across Sikhs in Russian
J
hers
Service at Port Arthim. Word Curzon I belier, and find Cranborne have
been in
informed
•
This is a saions matter. We must
into
try
om men going try and stop foreign service & we must als o keep the fact that this has happened at Port Arthur from being generally known, as it would have
α
a bad effect in the East. I have
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Spoken to Sir H. Blatte and are propose to telegraph to the acting governor in ciffer whether he has reason to think that Sikhs peusines (or others, have taken service with foreign pasus in China, and also to ack the Foreign office to telegraph to Six §. Salmo to make cupine. It is not frard, but infared, that the men at Post Arthin come from Hongkong aut or Shanghai. It would be difficult to meble a condition of pension that the pensioner Should not selve a foreign prova, expecially As the pension may be commated 467 The way to simp it, as Sr, H Blable Suggests, would be to insists on their returning to India afore the expiration of the period for which they were them of
where
engaged, and to pony
they CPL 14. July
were recruitch
Telepuple as proposed.
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