COND
Dual
7 enclosures
REC
00026
[Race NCT 12
Government house.
25 September 1912.
85
You.30583
Closure
Sir,
In continuation of my confidential despatch
of the 30th. August, I have the honour to inform you that, as stated in my despatch, having obtained the consent of the Acting Governor of lacao to a joint expedition against the pirates, I sent Mr.IIallifax, Registrar General, to Canton to seok, with the pafenissi on Ponised on of 1.2.majesty's Consul General there, the co-operation
of the Chinese authorities. The latter declined to
consent to the landing of a British force in the island
of Wong Kan (more correctly ang Kum) but gladly
accepted the offer of assistance from .ll's Navy.
The Commissioner of Police, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and a paval officer, came to Hongkong with
Mr.Həllifax to arrange details with this Coverament
and with the Commodore here. These having been settled,
Taprose.
i scnt the Colonial Secretary to Macao to appraise the
vovernor there of the proposed arrangements and to
invite his co-operation.
Mr.Severa reached lacao at
pm. on the 5th.inst. and presented the letter (copy
enclosed) which I had, addressed to X. Sanches de Miranda.
I chose this method of making the arrangomont because
it gave the best promise of secrecy and despatch, both
of which were osaontial to the success of the enterprise.
You will observe that I had previously stipulated with
the Chinese Authorities that, if the Portuguese Author-
-ities agreed to abstain from the operations on land
their