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receiving letters and tolɛgrams from abroad pressing
them with regard to the matter and the position had
become unbearable. The meeting was requested to decide
on the action to be taken.
Various specches, all expressing indignation,
were made from among the audience. The chairman thon xid
said that the notion which was considered as most important
by the Chinese at home and abroad was that to be taken
with regard to the aspersions of the Portuguese Consul
on the fair fame of their Chinese compatriots, and that
this question should be settled first of all. Although
they had been treated in a shameful manner they should
be careful not to retaliate in a similar fashion. He
desired to know if the meeting authorized the Society
to request the Portuguese Consul to furnish proof of
his repeated slanders. If the Conmal would acknowledge
that he had been wrong, the Soɑisty would inform the
Chinese public and the Consul would be excused.
He further proposed to petition the Viceroy
and