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Enclosme 2.
weiz notion would not prejudice their claim to
the disputed territory. I onclose copy of a letter
which 1 addressed at the same time to ...lajesty's
Coneal doneral at Canton on the cubject.
2.
1. Bancho de Liranda rust have receivod
contrery instructions or must have changed his mind
Lince the visit of Lieutenant Crosse, for he declaro d
that he would not consent to the landing of any but
Portuguese troops on the island. He bold.r.severi
that, wortly bofore the Choung Chau affair, 300
Chinese troop: had 1.nded on Jan Tun Dai ( there
ure two ielunde called
: ang Jun Tai or
Lontooma, and Wang hun bai or ben Joso, also called
...ocuriraj in pursuit of pirates and that he had sent
an officer to order then off. Me unid that it would
be quite ridiculous for him even to suppost to hie
Movement the landing of Chinese troops on the
iælonde in question.
Enclosure 3(1).
At the same time ho showed to .r.even: a
telegram, copy enclo.ed, which he had received
from the Portuguero Consul General at Canton
intimating that the Chinese were going to land troop o
Enclosure 3(3)
and would act in co-operation with a British Laval
Torce: wid a tologran, copy enclosed, which he had
sont i. reply. It is to be regretted that the
Chinese Authorities acted timus precipitately.
Their intimation to the Portuguese Consul Veneral
must have been made just after rallifax and their representatives had left Canton for Hongkong : it had been made plain to then more than once that the 30-016?: tion of the Portugue e had first to be ob tal::ed. I had myself i pressed that fact on the Comissioner of Police for the Canton Province at a: 1 terview much I had with him after Lieutenant
Crosse's
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