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Nathan, as soon as he was told of it by Mr. Neott,
sent (March 19th) to the Secretary
for the colonies in the sense proposed by him on March
10th.
Your Excellency's telegram informing me
was followed by another telegram from Mr. Scott
according to which the Viceroy had written on March
19th to SAY
that he received an Imperial Despatch
instructing him to appoint delegation and negotiate
with the delegation
of the Chinese Government.
I telegraphed to you No. 93 of March 20th
to summarise briefly the action taken
as mentioned above, and I added a sentence
to the effect that for the moment it seemed unnecessary
to repeat representations made by Sir Edward Scott.
The despatch I have received
from Mr. Scott (copies of which are enclosed) will enable
us to judge the method of the Viceroy.
I am,
nothing