CONFIDENTIAL.
Sir,
3. Batoro Tel. 116
May 10, 1904.
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OS 17265-
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MAY 041
May 13th, 1904.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
With reference to my letter of October 10th last
I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to transmit
to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for
the Colonies, a copy of a telegram which has been
received from His Majesty's Minister at Peking on the
subject of the murder in Hong-Kong of the Chinese reformer
Yeung Kui Wan.
Lord Lansdowne proposes, if Mr. Secretary Lyttelton concurs, to approve Sir E. Satow's suggestion that
the Officer administering the Government of Hong-Kong
and the Acting Consul General at Canton shall decide
whether the prosecution of the three persons accused
of a share in the crime should be proceeded with.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
The Campbell
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.