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attacked the Mutineers before their plans had developed.
No one could have said with certainty what were the under-
-lying causes of this outbreak, or if successful what its
results as regards foreigners might have been. It is
probable that it was in part at least due to revolutionari-
-es, and was not primarily anti-foreign, but more than one
party of foreigners including I believe the Vice-Consul
had narrow escapes, and the Viceroy's midnight telegrams
showed his anxiety about the Foreign community at Tong-
-shan.
Forening ge
the
6. The Consul. Sencras tho was in Hongkong an 114. Spoke & me if there
truts in an Artation but me
reached me until on the 17th. instant, three or four days
them
ffreine internation", of any kind
after the matter was finished, I received from the Consul-
-General a copy of a Despatch addressed by him to the
Minister at Peking giving a brief account of the dis-
-turbance. Since under existing circumstances I am de-
--Pendent solely upon the courtesy of the Consul-General for
any information he may see fit to convey to me I have no
locus standi for complaint, but I would submit to Your
Lordship that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
should be moved to issue instructions that it is a re-
-cognised duty devolving upon the Consul-General at Canton
to inform the Governor of Hongkong by telegram of any
serious