„dre caigut 10 aastal Larsmol),P8 .all deduqueh
fil, MS Hampus 008. Mausta int it in sustalen
598
NA
ekao "runodal" vald
* ptism boyslob svar i
Jamsoed visweg von Illmu medtem
cried to med sníð of a3 $ud:
oba od od boged ovud i eammood
on Mueno bas viedostaissa gnionste
Fitxa med bart
ud dangos fumað
163 9311
i TAMENT au od st
dázzub yło mus I dolds
In return for the Society undertaking to take
no further steps to boycott Messrs Butterfield and Swire,
the firm have agreed to:-
1. Pay $5,200 (/2000 contributed by the Compradore
and his staff) as compensation to the relatives of the
deceased passenger.
2.
3.
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Dismiss the Captain of the ship.
Post a notice on the steamer, warning the Captain
officers and crew against illtreating Chinese passengers.
4. Use their best endeavours to secure a retrial of
the Portuguese watchman before the Portuguese Consul.
The Chinese newspapers add a fifth article,
namely an admission on the part of the firm that the pas-
senger was murdered by the watchman, but it is possible
that the firm's promise to reopen the case against the
watchman has been construed into an admission of his guilt.
I have the honour to enclose copy and trans-
lation of an article which appeared in the "Kwo Shih Pao*
of the 5th. August, announcing the conclusion of the
negotiations with Messrs Butterfield and Swire, and copy
3
and
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