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Hongkong, 13th. March, 1905.
Sir,
During the conversation of this morning
Your Excellency informed me that you had received a letter from
London in which doubt is expressed concerning the condition of the
Russian Officers and men, who are interned at Kowloon, and in
which it was mentioned that according to rurours the above said
Officers and men are not treated in a suitable manner as customa-
ry between civilised nations.
I do not hesitate to declare openly that
such a statement is totally untrue and that I immensely regret
that such false rumours have been circulated. At different occa-
sions I have visited the encampment of the interned Officers and
men and 1 personally am thoroughly convinced that from the begin-
ning till now the Officers and men have always enjoyed a worthy
treatment from the British Authorities.
I shall consider it to be my duty to state
this openly whenever the occasion might present itself.
1 have etc.,
(S.) C. de Bologowskoy,
(རྗ.)
Imperial Russian Consul.
His Excellency
Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.,
Governor of Hongkong.
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