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Your Excellency,
The Cansul General for Japan oɑme to sad re
this morning. He said that he had received a telegram last night from his Government instructing him to infors the Colonial Government that it had been decided to send the Japanese Gun- -boat "baga"
now lying in Wanchi Bay to Canton and that she would
probably leave tomorrow moming. He said that the purpose in view
was to protect the Japanese comunity at Canton in the event of
the City being attacked and that it might become necessary to remove the hole of the community consisting of about 150 persons
to the Cunboat. He presumed that the decision to send the Gunboat
had been taken on representations made by the Japanese Consul- -General at Canton, who had bem for some time vory anxious about the state of affairs.
Er. Takahashi then asked mo whether the
British Consul-General had not intervmed. I told him that Mr.
Jamieson had sent a telegram on July 22nd to Tussuling Teen (Shum) at Shiuhing asking him to me his influmos for a suspen- -sion of hostilities pending the arrival of Tutu Lu, and that the translation of the telegram had appeared in the English newn- -papers in Hongkong. ir. Takahashi anid he thought Mr. Jani oson
had done well in telegraphing, but he had not heard whether thera had been any result. He thought Lu we expected to arrive in Cinton on the 25th. July. He asked me to convey the instructions
of his Government to you and he then left.
Ales
(Sd.) C. Bevorn,
1. Secy.
28.7.16.