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Shanghai, 24th. June, 1912.1
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sir,
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As it is obvious to me from all that has
occurred during the last three weeks that the members of the
Government principally concerned have not the slightest notion of
the injustice of what has been done, and as it is also obvious
that their lack of familiarity with the details of printing and
publishing will prevent an accurate report of the facts being
sent to the Secretary of State, I enclose herewith a statement of the facts which I must request shall be sent to the Secretary of
State with any report by the Government. I decline to allow my
name to appear on the title-pages of any of the Volumes, and the
Preface must be withdrawn. This is the only means I have of
expressing my feelings at the way I have been treated: but to the
public who know what the work has been, and the spirit in which
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I have undertaken it will tell its own story. I regret to find
that the Index Volume and Volume III were not circulated to
Members of Council, so that they are still in ignorance of the
measure of the injustice which has been done to me.
I have etc.,
(sd.) F. T. Piggott.
His Excellency
The Officer Administering the Government.