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This despatch, which was couched in unusually dis-
courteous terms and contained references to the killing
of Chinese by heliahmen in Shanghai and Yankow, which under
the circumstances might well have been omitted, was publish-
ed in extenso, in one of the Canton papers the day after it
reached the Portuguese Consul. This publication, for which
the Viceroy has not denied responsibility, had the immediate
effect of reviving public interest in the "Patshan" case
and giving the Solf Government Rociety and the Preas frosh
Cause to continuo en agitation, which for over two weeks
had been practically dormant..
On Dacombor 30th., ab a largely attended public
meeting, presided over by the notorious Kong Kung Yen,
rosolutions wore passed denouncing the Portuguese Consul
for his statement regarding the Society and the Press
(quoted in the Viceroy's despatch) and calling on the
Portuguese Goverment for ". de Morase removal.
At this mooting the boycott of the "Fatshun" was
again advocated as being the best means of forcing a
e-hearing of the case against the Portuguese Butchman.
On the